User talk:शिव

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Hello, शिव, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Redirect from User:Shiva[edit]

Trouble is, that user's been active as recently as this July, not as you stated, 2003. You might want to check at WP:USURP as to whether you can change your user name to that, or indeed to "usurp" it as a secondary account. Per WP:USERNAME, you might also give some consideration to using a part-Latinised signature. Alai 19:56, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I hadn't checked that user's contrib log. I assumed it was unused because that user's last talk page edit was in 2003. I now have User:Śiva redirect to my user page and have it linked in my signature. Is this an acceptable solution? शिव 19:08, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds reasonable. If you haven't registered User:Śiva already, can you do so, to make sure the same problem doesn't arise later? Thanks. Alai 20:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've already registered it. शिव 16:47, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]