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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 .
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 }} . Note that a username request for comment can be filed if the user disagrees that their name is against the username policy , or has continued to edit after you have expressed your concern.
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.
[[Category:Username-related templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Username-related templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
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.
Do not report a user that has not edited or has not edited in the preceding 2 weeks, except for an instance of an egregious name violation. We do not want to welcome productive editors with a report at UAA, nor do we want to waste time dealing with accounts that may never be used."
I noticed that your username, "Example-bad-username", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy. 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 ...
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