User talk:E0126E

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Barry Goldwater", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it is identical to the name of a public figure, Barry Goldwater. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Sundayclose (talk) 19:07, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

May 2020

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TheSandDoctor Barry Goldwater died in 1998, so I'm not seeing how this username violates the username policy. They've never edited about Barry Goldwater as far as I can tell. 331dot (talk) 15:17, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@331dot: They are editing about Republican primaries, vandalizing articles, editing about congress during Goldwater's time as a senator, vandalizing some more (politically related), and seem to have an overall interest in US politics throughout the life of Goldwater. Barry Goldwater Jr. (a former congressman) is also very much alive and this could be considered similar to the name of an existing living person, close enough that a block is warranted on those grounds as well. The current username could reasonably be considered potential impersonation of two different people (father and son) and grounds for a block per WP:UPOL. "...to impersonate or falsely represent yourself as someone else" from WP:UPOL does not necessarily apply to the actions of an account, merely the username itself. I hope that that helps to explain my rationale and make it clearer. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 01:51, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TheSandDoctor Thanks for your reply. I was not aware that there was a Barry Goldwater Jr.(and that he was a congressman to boot). I do agree with your explanation. 331dot (talk) 08:39, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]