Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names

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Reports

Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente (talk · contribs)

Given the way the real Roberto Clemente died, I'm not sure this is appropriate. Blueboy96 20:30, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Addition Per B.Wind, since Roberto Clemente, Jr. is still alive, this is clearly inappropriate on another count.Blueboy96 22:28, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

It's not a violation. WP:U says only you can't have the name only if it's a living or recently deceased person. --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 20:49, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Huh? How does going down in an airplane thrity-five years ago have anything to do with the username? It's a common first name, and a common last name; there's no stretch of the imagination to think that this could be the editor's real name. EVula // talk // ☯ // 20:58, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Last time I checked, Roberto Clemente, Jr. is still very much alive. It's a close call, but unless it's the actual name of the user, it would seem inappropriate to use Roberto Clemente as a username. B.Wind 22:05, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Common decency would say that Wikipedia could allow someone to pay homage to a hero in some way - perhaps by adding Clemente's uniform number at the end of the name - but I guess that would be too much to ask just in case Roberto Jr. took offense. (Pause while I try to unstick my eyes which have rolled up into my head.) TortureIsWrong 22:43, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

• Matches the name of a well-known living person and it is probably also inappropriate- likely to cause some discontent and unhappiness in the community and, obviously, that is not good, disallow. GDonato (talk) 23:20, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Just once I would like to see some "discontent and unhappiness in the community" over a username. To my knowledge while people constantly speculate about the possibility it has never happened - much less over a totally innocuous tribute name like "Roberto Clemente." TortureIsWrong 23:53, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

• However much I find it improbable that "discontent and unhappiness in the community" will occur (stranger things have happened though), I believe that since there is a very well known person with this name alive, this username is inappropriate. Unless it's the editor's real name, as EVula suggested above. --Kimon^talk 14:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

  How do you intend to prove this user is/isn't called Roberto Clemente ? Nick 14:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

  No clue. But, since we have a policy of not allowing the use of names of known living notable persons, unless it's actually the name of the editor, I say we err on the side of caution. BTW, is there precedent where an editor's real name is the same as that of a celebrity and he/she chose to use it as their username? What was the outcome? --Kimon^talk 15:33, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• Since he hasn't made any edits to the Roberto Clemente article, I dont think there is anything wrong with the name and it really is a very common name as shown and it should be allowed ..--Cometstyles 14:54, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. In fact, most of the names that are banned after discussion here are utterly harmless and should be allowed. TortureIsWrong 15:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

That doesn't really have anything to do with this name. I understand that you feel strongly about this because you see your current and previous names as "witch hunt" victims, but it's inappropriate to bring the larger context into every name discussion. Leebo ^T/C 18:18, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• Allow, unless you can prove this is not the user's real name. Neil (►) 15:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Having to "prove that this is not the user's real name" (in any case, not only in this particular one), would obviously render WP:U#Celebrity useless. I therefore think the policy places the burden of proof on the user, rather than on the community ("unless you verifiably are that person, in which case please note this on your user page"). I am not particularly concerned about this name, but I think that should we allow this merely on the "community must prove" issue, then our next step should be deleting WP:U#Celebrity altogether. NikoSilver 18:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Which might be an excellent idea, especially when it comes to deceased celebrities. But the rational compromise would simply be either what I mentioned above - adding a number (for example) to the name, or a disclaimer to the user's talk page. TortureIsWrong 19:35, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Regardless, Roberto Clemente, Jr. is alive and kicking. Also, to "add a number", technically means that this username is disallowed. Out of curiosity, have you ever found a username inappropriate? NikoSilver 21:27, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, of course. And while Clemente Jr. is alive and kicking, he's not a celebrity, and I'll tell you one thing he isn't kicking about - someone using his father's name as a tribute on some website. No one is kicking about that - just a few hall monitors kicking about the extremely remote possibility that someone, someday, in a universe far away, will kick. TortureIsWrong 21:31, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Then go and file a WP:AFD on that non-notable biography instead. NikoSilver 21:44, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, yeah, that's really high on my to-do list. TortureIsWrong 00:52, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Akira Ifukube

Akira Ifukube (talk · contribs) In especially bad taste, since The King of the Composers died last year.Invisible Noise 00:56, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I wonder if Akira Ifukube, Jr. is still alive. TortureIsWrong 01:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)