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* Sorry, it looks like you really will have to get a new user name. Even though that's your nickname in real life, it is also the name of a real company. Wikipedians are not allowed to use the name of a company as their user name. I think the easiest thing to do would be simply to start all over again and choose a completely new one, rather than requesting a name change. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. • [[User:Ling.Nut|Ling.Nut]] 01:01, 14 September 2010 (UTC) |
* Sorry, it looks like you really will have to get a new user name. Even though that's your nickname in real life, it is also the name of a real company. Wikipedians are not allowed to use the name of a company as their user name. I think the easiest thing to do would be simply to start all over again and choose a completely new one, rather than requesting a name change. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. • [[User:Ling.Nut|Ling.Nut]] 01:01, 14 September 2010 (UTC) |
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::Would "Papita" (drop the "Inc") be an acceptable alternative? In Spanish the term "Papita" means "little potato" and is sometimes used as an endearing "nickname", much as someone might be referred to as "punkin" or "shortcake" in English or a Jewish grandmother may refer to her grandson as her little "[[knish]]". --[[User:nsaum75|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">nsaum75</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:nsaum75|<span lang="he" xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">¡שיחת!</span>‎]]</sup> 05:59, 14 September 2010 (UTC) |
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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Papita Inc., may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it is a promotional username. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:49, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
- You might need to choose a new user name, because it seems that your name may also be the name of a company. That is not allowed... I would be happy to help, if you have questions or problems... • Ling.Nut 07:27, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Username
Hi, thank you for the notice. Papita Inc. may seem a promotional one but it actually comes from a nickname a friend gave to me. I'm working on my own for a school project, in fact I'm in search for friends to help me learn to use WP in order to improve my English writing. It's no trademark or something like that at all. I'd appreciate if I was allowed to use it. Papita Inc. (talk) 22:43, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
- One way to make friends, I guess, is to participate in a WikiProject that is active. Just think of things you are interested in (I have no idea what you would be interested in – maybe Wikipedia:WikiProject Football or Wikipedia:WikiProject Mexico?), and join a relevant project, and help them with an article or something...
- If you want to learn how to edit, a couple places to start would be WP:CHEAT and Wikipedia:How to edit a page.
- If you want to make a user page, (the style on my bio is a common one), just look around at other peoples', find something you like, and copy what they have. Then you can change the details to fit what you want to say. It's OK to do so.
- Also, I am always happy to answer questions, as best as I can... • Ling.Nut 23:24, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
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While your username might be a nickname, it still violates our username policy due to the fact it so closely mimics a company, and therefore is still misleading. You could file for a change of username to get a clearer one. Allmightyduck What did I do wrong? 23:42, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
- Is there a company in particular that it mimics, or does "sounds like a company" somehow break some rule? • Ling.Nut 00:17, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- AGF towards the editor who registered the name, it coincidentally is the name of a very real company (that's been around since at least 1990); Papita, Inc. 8333 Douglas Ave Ste 950 Dallas, TX 75225. Founded/incorporated by Brett Landes, Charlie Corson, Greg England, Greg Lovasz, John Pearson, Kevin P Yancy.
- With that in mind, I suspect the editor needs to change their username as it is one of a very real company. Best, RobertMfromLI User Talk/Contribs 00:30, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, it looks like you really will have to get a new user name,
- Sorry, it looks like you really will have to get a new user name. Even though that's your nickname in real life, it is also the name of a real company. Wikipedians are not allowed to use the name of a company as their user name. I think the easiest thing to do would be simply to start all over again and choose a completely new one, rather than requesting a name change. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. • Ling.Nut 01:01, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
- Would "Papita" (drop the "Inc") be an acceptable alternative? In Spanish the term "Papita" means "little potato" and is sometimes used as an endearing "nickname", much as someone might be referred to as "punkin" or "shortcake" in English or a Jewish grandmother may refer to her grandson as her little "knish". --nsaum75¡שיחת! 05:59, 14 September 2010 (UTC)