User talk:Safah safa@yahoo.com

Hi Safah! welcome to Wikipedia. I'm a little concerned that you seem to have included your email address in your Username. This could potentially open you up to a lot of SPAM because computer programmes can read your email address on here. Is this going to be a problem for you? I hope you enjoy your time here, whatever you decide. Here are a few places to look if you haven't been editing Wikipedia for very long:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!

A hint to make things smoother: please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! But you might want to get this username deleted, if possible, and set up a new one. Skittle 17:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I asked this question at the Help Desk and got this reply[edit]

Going through the User Creation Log I saw a new user who had apparently included their email address in their username. [1] I include it here as an external link to avoid posting their email address further. I've raised this issue on their talk page, but I don't really know what the best thing to do would be if they decided they didn't want their email address available for spamming. If they decided this, would it be possible to delete their account? Or are they now stuck with that, but can start a new account to avoid posting their email address in too many places?

Note that I don't know yet whether this will be a concern to them, but I'd like an answer ready ASAP if it is. Thanks for any help. Skittle 18:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can request a name change at Wikipedia:Changing username. Of course, if the account only has a few edits, it would be easier to just create a new one. New users frequently use their email address as their username, so its not something I view as that big of a deal. Accounts are never deleted btw, but you do have the right to vanish. --Hetar 18:14, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think a developer would be willing to change that name for them, but the user would need to be aware first. I think I'm going to suggest an addition to Wikipedia:Username and the register screen to recommend not using your email address. -- Mgm|^(talk) 19:42, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]