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formatting overhaul

Ok, I have just moved all the talk archives to comply with naming conventions, simplified the archive box to an automatic one, added navbars to each one, and archived stale discussion from this talk page.

Now to the real problem: the way RFCs are formatted when they are closed makes the top of the closed ones appear in the bottom of current RFCs, which is weird, confusing, and annoying. I don't believe I have seen this done anywhere else, probably because it makes no sense. SO, any ideas for new instructions for closing? Beeblebrox (talk) 01:02, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

update

Seeing no explanation for that guidance, per WP:SILENCE I have changed the instructions. From now on the template goes below the section header so it will stay in the same damn section as the RFC it is closing. The other way was just stupid and confusing. Beeblebrox (talk) 05:28, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

don`t curse — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.121.112.197 (talk) 16:36, 12 February 2014 (UTC)86.121.112.197 (talk) 16:38, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

nickname

I would like to use a new special nickanme for my wikipedia account. Can you use xx.xx.xx.xx, where x is a differnt number? say 86.121.112.197 (talk) 14:44, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

No. Usernames of that pattern are reserved for unregistered users and assigned automatically by the user's IP address. Registered users may not create an account with a username in that pattern; it is a violation of WP:Username policy. —C.Fred (talk) 14:51, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

is that ok to edit my sandboxes as My doc ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.121.112.197 (talk • contribs) 14:50, 12 February 2014‎ (UTC)

Help addressing publisher making COI edits

I've come across a new user having a publisher's name as their user name. Thus far, they have edited one of their author's article (mostly usefully) and just added a promo at another article for their edition of a public domain work. How ought I to proceed? Is there an applicable user warning template? --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 03:12, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

See WP:ISU for the rule and WP:BADNAME for templates—although, for a useful editor, it might be a good idea to just write your own, personalized message, so you can both praise them for the good-faith attempt to be transparent and gently suggest that an account name like "Mary at Publisher" would be far preferable from our perspective. Also, it may be worth checking to see whether they have edited at Commons or other projects (Special:CentralAuth), because that name would be perfectly okay at some projects, and due to WP:SUL, if your username exists anywhere, it exists everywhere. WhatamIdoing (talk) 07:01, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks very much. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 08:29, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Discussion started

at WP:AN#On the status of WP:RFCN. Ansh666 06:44, 3 July 2014 (UTC)