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Company/Group usernames. Policy inconsistencies. Recommended resolution?

Hello all. I just noticed an inconsistency in a rather often hit policy between a couple of policy pages on Wikipedia. The policy concern usernames and company/group names. WP:ACC says: "Your username must not: ... contain existing company, organization, or group names (including non-profit organizations)". I've noticed a lot of requests in the account tool being bounced as user name policy violations because of this. (example here closed as Username vio.) On the other hand, WP:U, the actual consensus-blessed policy says: "Use of a company or group name as a username is not explicitly prohibited, but it is not recommended, and depending on the circumstances may be seen as a problem." This doesn't seem to support bouncing a request as a username violation. In fact, I recently handled a request, here, where I created the account but left a message on the user talk page informing them of the policy, here. I am curious which of these courses of action is proper, and whether a policy should be made to clarify how these particular situations should be handled when they come through WP:ACC so they're handled consistently from person to person. (I'm also going to post a reference to this discussion to the talk page for WP:U, to garner more input.) What do you all think? ⇔ ∫Æ_S dt @ 00:57, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

My view, and I suspect it will be very unpopular, is that AGF is all well and good, but we're not stupid; someone signing up with a name like that is obviously working for the org, and will be making COI and POV edits in ten seconds after logging in. So on the basis of hearing quacking in the distance, I'd be in favour of blocking them through the tool. [roux » x] 02:58, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Here's what I think the gist of the policy is: Don't name your account after your company or group. But if you see someone with an account named after their company or group, don't freak out and insta-block them.

These names are problematic, so ACC people certainly don't have to help people create these problematically-named accounts, but that's substantially different from the ZOMG BLOCK THE SPAMMER knee-jerk response that's so typical on WP:UAA. Then again, I was just pointed here from the username policy and I don't know exactly how this tool works. Is "blocking them through the tool" really an apt phrase? It's not actually a block, it's just declining their request, right? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 09:45, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

No... IPs and email addresses can be blocked from making further requests. This is, as I understand it, usually only done for serial spammers and serial sockpuppeteers. //roux   10:16, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Is "Is Love really Jennifer Middlename Hewitt's middlename?" an acceptable username?

Before I proceed making edits with this username I have discerned that I should ask if the username I have chosen for various reasons "Is Love really Jennifer Middlename Hewitt's middlename?" is an acceptable username or not or debatable? I believe the question I ask in my username to be a valid question and is not "disruptive" nor "trolling" at least as defined within the Wikipedia appropriate username and other policies and principles. Comment here and/or on my discussion page please. Is Love really Jennifer Middlename Hewitt's middlename? (talk) 19:22, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Blocked as a sockpuppet of blocked 29 dot 21 dot 87 dot 7 (talk · contribs). Acroterion _(talk) 19:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

glacial speeds

The tool as been extremely slow recently, just now I have been unable to get it to load. Is anyone else getting this? Icewedge (talk) 03:10, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

WORKSFORME. --FastLizard4 (Talk•Index•Sign) 05:47, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Whatever was happening seems to be over, it works for me now too. Icewedge (talk) 07:08, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

AccountCreator permission request

{{editprotected}} My IP is dynamic,a and has apparently reached its account creation limit. Please may I have the AccountCreator right so I can create accounts for people. Thanks! (I know this isn't technically an editprotected request, but it was the only way I could think of to get admin attention besides AN). Dendodge Talk^Contribs 18:22, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:Requests for permissions/Acc would be a lot quicker. :) PeterSymonds (talk) 19:47, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Bug in ACC password recovery program

I noticed that the password recovery system on Account Creator has a bug in it. When you try to recover your password, it sends you an e-mail with a link, just like it's supposed to. But when you follow the link, it just takes you back to the password recovery screen, where you enter your info again, and it sends you another email. It doesn't give you your password or give you a chance to reset it. ~SunDragon34 (talk) 01:03, 6 December 2008 (UTC)