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North Coast Football

The following discussion is an archived debate of the username below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/User names). No further edits should be made to this section.

The result was: allowed. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:29, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

North Coast Football (talk · contribs)

Username seems to imply shared/organizational use of the account. Warned over a year ago, and then warned again four days ago with no response to either, and the account has continued editing today. I previously raised the concern with an administrator who suggested this venue as a possible solution. Left guide (talk) 23:02, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My main question would be this:is there a real organization by this name, and is there any link between that organization and the content the user has been editing? Just looking like an organization isn't enough. If all you've got is seems to imply then I'd have to say Allow. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 23:06, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good question; the account is focused on editing college football and there's a North Coast Athletic Conference. Left guide (talk) 23:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's also North Coast Football in Australia, but that's probably a coincidence. I think a bigger problem than the username though is that this is a zero-communication account that has gone a year without making any edits outside mainspace. That's bound to cause problems down the line. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:43, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. That's the main reason I suggested a block in my initial correspondence at the admin's talk page, to require the account to communicate. I've seen "silent" accounts finally start talking with the community for the first time after being blocked, since it's the only way they can get back to editing articles. Left guide (talk) 00:13, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disallow: With a username that includes an official sounding football inference, is misleading and surely implies shared use - FlightTime (open channel) 01:30, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that is in alignment with the username policy, "official sounding" is not generally a violation. Also, "North Coast Football" without evidence to the contrary, could easily just indicate an interest in... wait for it... football on the north coast.

I'm actually not sure I agree with the WP:RADAR concerns expressed here either, as the only talk page messages they've gotten were regarding their username, which has not been proven to be an actual problem. It also appears that they edit from a mobile device, and the notroiously awful mobile app does not support talk page notifications. At a certain point that doesn't matter if the user is causing actual problems, but, again, that has not been established. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 01:56, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Allow. I don’t consider this name to be “official sounding” at all, and see no connection to the North Coast Athletic Conference or any other entity, as “north coast” is a somewhat common geographical reference. Frank Anchor 03:18, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Disallow. They are clearly referencing the North Coast football conference, as opposed to a generic "north coast"(no caps). They may not be affiliated with the organization, so I would just soft block. 331dot (talk) 08:18, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Allow. As someone who is not a football person, it doesn't feel official to me and seems okay. Would a compromise position be using lowercase for the username? Jessamyn (my talk page) 15:14, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Allow this is descriptive rather than promotional. There's no actual entity it is promoting as far as I can see. Secretlondon (talk) 18:19, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I can assure you that my username has not connection to any orginization. It was just a collection of random words which I selected when making the account (which is mostly college football edits) of course I’d like to keep my account, however, if the name serves any issues, then a block is understandable and I can start a different account under a different, unrelated name North Coast Football (talk) 14:28, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@North Coast Football: You can use Special:GlobalRenameRequest to request a username change. No need to create a new account. I don't personally see the issue with your username but this would avoid an unnecessary block if other people do. C F A 💬 22:24, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm certainly not seeing a consensus here that the name is disallowed, so you can also just keep it if you prefer. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 00:14, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No opinion on whether an actual name change is needed, but a simple modification is just to add fan to the name. —Bagumba (talk) 08:33, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Allow - This reminds me of my own RFCN back in the day, in which someone mistook my username for an abbreviation for some sort of organization. I can see how the confusion could arise, but I don't believe it is to the point that the username is problematic. 331dot's capitalization argument is a non-issue for me, since capitalizing the first letter in each part of a name is standard in English. I also do not believe this username is "official sounding", but maybe it sounds more official outside of American English. - ZLEA _T\^C 17:17, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Allow - this user is making constructive, neutral edits that do not appear to be in the service of any organization. 331dot's argument "They are clearly referencing the North Coast football conference" doesn't make any sense because there is no notable entity known as such. The call for a block here is absurd. Jweiss11 (talk) 19:08, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Allow - No such entity exists, it is not a group account, I don't see a problem here. Fieari (talk) 06:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the entries talk page). No further edits should be made to this page.

garethbot

Blocked as a username policy violation by User:ScottishFinnishRadish. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:08, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

garethbot (talk · contribs)

using bot in username and insisting its hbot there for the rule doesn’t apply •Cyberwolf•talk? 14:40, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

garethbot has already been blocked for violating WP:U. - ZLEA _T\^C 14:58, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.