User talk:Berkeley65

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Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Rasnaboy (talk) 06:09, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for the welcome and the helpful tips and guides. I did notice a bunch of references to a missing/not yet created page in the article I was editing and had started reading how to draft a new page from scratch but got a bit lost. Also on an edit I just suggested, I cited newspaper articles but wondered if/how you are supposed to cite where in them (as when you cite a page in a book) as the article was very long? Doesn't seem like there is an easy way to solve that. Berkeley65 (talk) 17:30, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

May 2022

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Talk:Ted Kaczynski, and I noticed that your username, "Berkeley65", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

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Why would you think my username is a company, group, org, service, or website -- do you know any such one -- I don't and a google search does not show it as one. Berkeley is a long dead historical figure / philosopher. Thus my chosen name violates no policy so I'm not requesting a change of name. Berkeley65 (talk) 04:02, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Because Berkeley is commonly used to refer to University of California, Berkeley. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 04:19, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is silly and why some shy away from helping with Wikipedia. It is presumptuous to infer anything. And the username is not Berkeley but adds characters so it isn't confused and so it doesn't violate policies. A google search shows no company, website or org named Berkeley65. Most uses of Berkeley are in fact derived from Bishop Berkeley (including the University of California which took its name from the city), but can also mean the City (of Berkeley CA, or Berkeley, MO or Berkeley, IL...) or Berkeley College (not the University you mention), etc. Its like saying one can't be Newton800 even though part of the name might be a dead person, a college, a city, a force, a personal digital assistant, ... Berkeley65 (talk) 03:44, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]