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If you find an apparently problematic username being used by a long-standing editor, it is likely that the matter has been discussed before. Please search that user's talk page (and archives if applicable), and the archives of the administrators' noticeboards and requests for comment on usernames, before deciding to take action as described below.
Your username must be truthful, appropriate, and not foster a negative editing environment Usernames are not allowed on Wikipedia and will be immediately blocked upon discovery if they: are offensive, profane, violent, threatening, sexually explicit, or disruptive, or that advocate or encourage any such behavior (including criminal or illegal acts)
User names must be reasonably easy to distinguish and use. Examples: Too close to another user's name; Too close to some term which might be taken as having a particular (specific) meaning on Wikipedia; Very long names, particularly without clear readability or clear breaks, or made up of apparently random or hard-to-check characters
Do not report borderline username violations; rather talk it out with the user on their talk page to encourage them to rename or abandon their account. Templates such as {{Uw-username}} or {{Uw-coi-username}} may be used. If, after discussion with a user, the problem still seems unresolved, a username request for comment may be in order.
In addition to the usual information accessible from an article page such as page history, "Discuss this page" and the like, users visiting user and user talk pages can also click "User contributions" (in the sidebar or at the bottom of the page) to see what contributions you have made at Wikipedia over time, and "Logs" to see records of other ...
Otherwise, the user should be offered the opportunity to create a new account or have their current username changed. Before taking action, any disagreements as to whether a particular username is acceptable or not should be discussed at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names first. From G11: G11. Unambiguous advertising or promotion...
To apply the username policy this stringently to such users, especially when there is neither a link to the username policy nor a warning about creating this kind of username on the account creation screen (not that the former would get much clickage, anyway, so we'd be in the same spot), is counter to the ethics of the project as a whole.
New username is a username policy violation. If the target username violates the username policy to the extent where their new username would be blockable, the rename will not be performed. Too many previous username changes. Changing usernames puts a lot of strain on the server, causing watchlist lag and even possibly causing a database lockdown.