Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names

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Willow and nacho

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: allow. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:10, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Willow and nacho (talk · contribs)

Username implies shared use.Shadow311 (talk) 23:06, 22 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

It doesn't, really. It is reasonable to include "and" because "Willow" and "nacho" are probably not names, just two objects. Cremastra (u — c) 23:28, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good point, there's no actual evidence that these are personal names, or that the account is actually being shared. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 23:43, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Catfish Jim and the soapdish is not blocked, although that "implies shared use" – the soap dish, like the nacho, is also using the account. Cremastra (u — c) 20:23, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just noting that while an initial warning was given, the user has not edited since that warning was given. Not sure why there was such a rush to come here after only 24 hours. Primefac (talk) 10:28, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

At least 22 hours after the warning was given, They resubmitted their sandbox to AFC without making any changes to it. Shadow311 (talk) 16:27, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Allow - "Willow" and "nacho" are almost certainly not meant to be personal names, so there is not clear implication of shared use. - ZLEA _T\^C 17:16, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Allow a vague suspiscion that maybe "Willow" and "Nacho" are the names of people is not a valid reason to block a user. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 18:37, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Allow. Yes, it is possible that this could be two individuals named "Willow" and "Nacho". However, it's equally reasonable that it's just the name of two objects, and thus the name doesn't necessarily imply shared use. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 18:10, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Allow. I would bet dollars to donuts this user was having a hard time coming up with a username and these are the names of their cats. Jessamyn (my talk page) 00:01, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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