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  2. Facebook real-name policy controversy - Wikipedia

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    Facebook's notification to "update your name". The Facebook real-name policy controversy is a controversy over social networking site Facebook's real-name system, which requires that a person use their legal name when they register an account and configure their user profile. [1]

  3. Real-name system - Wikipedia

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    According to Danah Boyd, a social media scholar, "people provided their name because they saw the site as an extension of campus life." Later users adopted the norms and practices of the early adopters. The use of real names contributed to the quality and quantity of information Facebook has about its users.

  4. Nymwars - Wikipedia

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    Conflicts regarding Google+ began in July 2011 when the social networking site began enforcing its real-name-only policy by suspending the accounts of users it felt were not following the policy. [1] Pseudonyms, nicknames, and non-standard real names (for example, mononyms or names that include scripts from multiple languages) were suspended ...

  5. List of fandom names - Wikipedia

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    The show itself acknowledged the fandom name by having the titular character refer to his in-universe fans using the same name in an almost fourth-wall-breaking comment in Season 03 Episode 02. [246] [247] Lucy: Wal wal Music group The sound of a puppy barking, this continues the theme they began by naming their band after a dog. [248] Luke Black

  6. Lists of nicknames - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [1] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule. A moniker also means a nickname or personal name.

  7. Wikipedia:Username policy - Wikipedia

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    Do not edit under a name that is likely to imply that you are (or are related to) a specific, identifiable person, unless it is your real name. If you have the same name as a well-known person to whom you are unrelated, and are using your real name, you should state clearly on your userpage that you are unrelated to the well-known person.

  8. Pseudonym - Wikipedia

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    A young George Sand (real name "Amantine Lucile Dupin") William Sydney Porter, who went by the pen name O. Henry or Olivier Henry, in 1909. A pen name is a pseudonym (sometimes a particular form of the real name) adopted by an author (or on the author's behalf by their publishers).

  9. List of pseudonyms - Wikipedia

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    A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume.