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The UAA noticeboard is for reporting serious violations of the username policy that require immediate intervention by an administrator. To use this board correctly, please read the following instructions and ensure you’ve followed the steps to addressing inappropriate usernames .
At the top of the "User-reported" section of WP:UAA, there is an HTML comment with a brief set of instructions for editors: REPORTING A USERNAME: Add * {{user-uaa|Example user}} How this username violates the username policy. ~~~~ This text is often deleted by editors when they report someone.
UAA is for username policy violations that are serious enough to warrant an immediate block. General username policy violations should first be discussed with the user on their talk page. A helpful template to do just that is {{subst: Uw-username}}.
Not a blatant violation of the username policy. For a username to be blatantly promotional, there must be a link between the username and the user's edits. Consider re-reporting if a connection becomes clear through the user's edits. *:{{UAA|np}} ~~~~ *:{{UAA|notpromo}} ~~~~ Not a blatant violation of the username policy.
Either the username policy (and UAA) should not deal with promotion at all, or it should act to block obvious corp/group accounts that might have usernames that are not obviously promotional, but taken in context of edits made, obviously represent a group.
It is argued that a user may innocently select a name that turns out to match the name of a company somewhere on Earth, and that contrary to this policy, such users are not automatically blocked at WP:UAA. On the other hand the use of deliberately promotional usernames would obviously be a problem.
UAA definitely gets better user reports these days than it did in 2007-8 after the noticeboard was created, so the bold text in that first sentence might not be necessary any more, but the fact that it's for blatant violations only needs to be stated somehow, as well as the fact that it's for violations of the username policy (occasionally we ...
An attempt to discuss the username policy and concern with the user, and a request that they change their username should typically be attempted before considering further action. In cases where the violation of policy or the user's intent is clear, or likely created in bad faith, you should exhibit the use of common sense and fair and level ...