Template:UsernamePolicy

English Wikipedia username policy summary

Your username must represent you as an individual person.

Accounts with usernames that meet any of the following criteria are not allowed on Wikipedia:

consist only of the name of a company, organization, website, musical group, team, club, creative group, or organized event

describe only a particular role, title, or position that can be held by different people, or a department, group, or team within a parent organization or group that includes multiple people

are promotional or show that the user's primary intent is to advertise, promote, sell, gain support for, or increase awareness of any person, company, market, product, channel, website, or other good or service

imply that the user account will be shared between more than one person

Your username must be truthful, appropriate, and not foster a negative editing environment

Any and all Wikipedia accounts, regardless of age, with usernames that meet any of the following criteria will be immediately blocked upon discovery:

are offensive, profane, violent, threatening, sexually explicit, disruptive, or intended to advocate or encourage such behavior (including criminal or illegal acts)

contain statements that are libelous, contentious, or disparaging, or disclose any private or non-public information about another person (either another Wikipedia editor or a notable living person)

are deliberately deceptive, confusing, misleading, unnecessarily long, similar to the usernames of other accounts, or intended to impersonate or falsely present themselves as someone or something they are not (another Wikipedia editor, a notable living person, an "official" Wikimedia Foundation account, etc.) in bad faith

imply that the account has explicit ownership of any articles, content, topic areas, or Wikipedia processes; has any kind of "power" or "authority" over other editors; is subject to different standards of accountability under Wikipedia's policies and guidelines than other users (such as implying that certain policies do not apply to them); or has any administrative or "moderator" access levels or user rights

imply the intent to troll, vandalize, or disrupt Wikipedia

imply the intent to personally attack, harass, or threaten other Wikipedia users

imply that you are not here to build an encyclopedia or will use Wikipedia for purposes that it was not created for

Note: This box contains a summary of the username policy, and it may not reflect the latest updates to that policy. Please refer to the full text of Wikipedia:Username policy and, in the case of any discrepancy, update this summary if needed.