User talk:Mystichumwipe

August 2010

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! I noticed that you recently added commentary to an article, Jaimal Singh. While Wikipedia welcomes editors' opinions on an article and how it could be changed, these comments are more appropriate for the article's accompanying talk page. If you post your comments there, other editors working on the same article will notice and respond to them and your comments will not disrupt the flow of the article. However, keep in mind that even on the talk page of an article, you should limit your discussion to improving the article. Article talk pages are not the place to discuss opinions of the subject of articles nor are such pages a forum. Thank you. Fæ (talk) 10:44, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Mysticbumwipe, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to intentionally offend other editors. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. Fæ (talk) 10:45, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

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Hello, Mystichumwipe. You have new messages at Fæ's talk page.
Message added 11:20, 8 August 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Mysticbumwipe, does not meet our username policy.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).

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Based on your original choice of username, I am wondering what types of articles will you be here to improve on Wikipedia? (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 08:53, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Comment: "Wipe" is the name of a currently active and productive Wikipedia editor. I think we can agree that "wipe" by itself isn't a problem. I don't know about "humwipe", since it seems to be deliberately chosen for its similarity to bumwipe. Also if I go to the "mysticbumwipe" page on Myspace it brings up a band, but it doesn't seem to be the name of the band.

Longer comment: I understand that most user-edited websites are a lot more lax than we are with regards to which names are allowable, and in fact we used to be that way too, but by comparison to most other encyclopedia wiki sites we are actually very open even now, and lately a lot of attention has come from the mainstream media running negative stories on just how unprofessional Wikipedia is, and the prevalence of usernames with "obscene" meanings, even if not necessarily offensive, are a source of problems and are generally disallowed. Even in the "good old days" a name with bumwipe in it would probably have been blocked, though perhaps not without a warning first. Please try not to take it personally. I do encourage you to find a name with not even a hint of the original name in it, however. Would be willing to use "Mystic Wipe" or some variant thereof? —Soap— 13:11, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi there. I have a quite wide circle of interests. But to give you a brief idea, specifically I consider my self more than averagely clued up on Middle-eastern affairs, Shabd Gurus and their related spiritual theology; Radha Swami gurus, their lineages and inter-lineage politics; early Christianity; Hindu/Advaita philosophy, etc. As I explained before, I have used this name for nearly two decades on various discussion groups related to sufism, Radha Swami or Sant Mat related topics. I therefore think it only fair that people who share my interests know who they are talking with. As you can see I have already contributed to the page on Baba Jaimal Singh the 19th century Beas Radha Swami guru. So I hope you can see from that, that my intention is serious, and I am not here to vandalise or spam. You are correct that I recently changed my user name on Wiki to keep it similar to my previous name. Allow me to explain why. I appreciate that to people who don't know me, my name might be considered offensive or frivolous. That is why I hoped this recent small change would fit your requirements and mine. Viz., that the 'new' name 'mystichumwipe' would now not be considered offensive to those seeing it for the first time (which fits your preference) and that to those who know my previous username on associated discussion groups will know with whom they are discussing and thus my credentials ( which fits my preference). So therefore may I request you to reconsider and allow the inoffensive 'mystichumwipe'.

I am not 100% happy with "Mystichumwipe", but I suppose there's nothing really wrong with it, so I will accept it. Please do go for the name change right away. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:54, 13 October 2010 (UTC)