Template:Uw-username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Example-bad-username", may not comply with Wikipedia's username policy because your reason here. If you believe that your username does not violate Wikipedia's username policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may request a username change by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply log out of this account and create a new one to use instead. Thank you.
 | This template should always be substituted – use {{subst:Uw-username}}. Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. |
Usage
{{subst:Uw-username}}{{subst:Uw-username|Reason}}references a specific reason{{subst:Uw-username|Reason|Additional text}}adds text onto the end of the message instead of "Thank you"{{subst:Uw-username||Additional text}}or{{subst:Uw-username|2=Additional text}}also adds text onto the end of the message instead of "Thank you", but doesn't link a page as specified by the reason.- values for param 1 ('reason') can be found at WP:Username policy#Inappropriate usernames.
- setting named param
|realname=yesadds two sentences to the message about the risks involved in using one's real name as username, and links WP:REALNAME. (Param alias:|real name.)
Please remember to substitute the template using {{subst:Uw-username}} rather than {{Uw-username}}.
To customize your message, parameters are available; one to add the article name, and one to add additional text at the end of the message. If your param value contains an equal sign (as urls often do), then be sure to explicitly specify the positional parameter by number; i.e., use |1= or |2= followed by the value; e.g., |1=XYZ=Repainting, or |2=https://www.bbc.com/search?q=Kent+weather.
Notes
- Please refer to the index of message templates before using any template on user talk pages to warn a user. Applying the best template available for your purpose may help reduce confusion from the message you are sending.
- Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.[2026; 2025; 2024] (Patience; this may take a while.)
- This standardized template conforms to guidelines by the user warnings project. You may discuss the visual appearance of these standardized templates (e.g. the image in the top-left corner) at the user warning talk page.
- This documentation is generated by the {{Single notice}} template, and used by numerous single-level user warnings or notice templates. It is located at Template:Single notice/inner(edit talk links history).
See also
- {{Welcome-non-Latin}}, combining a welcome message for new users, as well as username advice cautioning against non-Latin scripts