User talk:Fattabbot

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RFC discussion of your username (Fattabbot)

Hello, Fattabbot, and thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! Wikipedia has a policy on what usernames editors can use. Unfortunately, concerns have been raised that your username may be incompatible with that policy. Usernames ending in -bot are often taken to be "robot" accounts that do chores on Wikipedia, and such names are disallowed for human accounts. "Fatabbot" might be read as "Fattab-bot". If it should be read as "fat-abbot", may I suggest going to WP:CHU and having just the capitalization changed to "FatAbbot", or better still "Fat Abbot" with a space between the words? This would reduce the chance of confusion from your username. You can contribute to the discussion about it here. Alternatively, if you agree that your username may be problematic and are willing to change it, it is possible for you to keep your present contributions history under a new name. Simply request a new name here following the guidelines on that page, rather than creating a whole new account. Thank you. -- Ben 20:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello, Fattabbot. While there had been some discussion here about whether your username met Wikipedia policy on what usernames editors can use, the result was to allow it, and that discussion has now been closed. If you would like to see what concerns were raised, you can still find that discussion in the archive. You do not need to change your username. However, if you ever wish to do so, it is possible for you to keep your present contributions history under a new name: simply request a new name here following the guidelines on that page, rather than creating a whole new account. Thank you. -- Bubba hotep 21:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC) Bubba hotep 21:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)