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Wikipedia:Username policy/RFC 2024 has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 01:57, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Does the use of legally protected titles such as "Dr.", "doctor," "dentist," "surgeon," "lawyer," "engineer" and "architect," which require licensure or sufficient education, violate username policy when the user is not legally entitled to describe themselves as such? One issue besides the law is that these imply a level of professional knowledge that might give them an advantage in a content dispute. In a similar vein, "professor" might be part of this list, though it is not a protected occupational title as far as my knowledge goes. Air on White ( talk) 22:17, 25 May 2024 (UTC) edited Air on White ( talk) 00:27, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
The bots are pretty good, but you do occasionally see false-positives sneak in. Is it appropriate for non-admin editors to edit the list and remove the ones they feel are not problematic? Or do admins need to do that (such as adding the username to a whitelist or something of the sort). For example, User:CharaIOnlyMadeThisToFixOneError was reported by a bot. Their one edit was non-controversial and there's nothing really problematic about the username (it was triggered by having a long number of characters without a space). As an uninvolved non-admin, could I just wipe that out? Matt Deres ( talk) 20:15, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Patrollers are asked to remove reports that [...] are bot-reported false positives, so feel free to remove bot reports if you're confident that they're false positives (like the one you mentioned). DanCherek ( talk) 20:20, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard § HBC AIV helperbot5 and AdminStatsBot. This is related to the bot that clerks WP:UAA. – Novem Linguae ( talk) 14:26, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
The bot reports section no longer has a link for direct editing. I can't seem to pinpoint when this happened. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 16:01, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Username policy/RFC 2024 has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 01:57, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Does the use of legally protected titles such as "Dr.", "doctor," "dentist," "surgeon," "lawyer," "engineer" and "architect," which require licensure or sufficient education, violate username policy when the user is not legally entitled to describe themselves as such? One issue besides the law is that these imply a level of professional knowledge that might give them an advantage in a content dispute. In a similar vein, "professor" might be part of this list, though it is not a protected occupational title as far as my knowledge goes. Air on White ( talk) 22:17, 25 May 2024 (UTC) edited Air on White ( talk) 00:27, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
The bots are pretty good, but you do occasionally see false-positives sneak in. Is it appropriate for non-admin editors to edit the list and remove the ones they feel are not problematic? Or do admins need to do that (such as adding the username to a whitelist or something of the sort). For example, User:CharaIOnlyMadeThisToFixOneError was reported by a bot. Their one edit was non-controversial and there's nothing really problematic about the username (it was triggered by having a long number of characters without a space). As an uninvolved non-admin, could I just wipe that out? Matt Deres ( talk) 20:15, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Patrollers are asked to remove reports that [...] are bot-reported false positives, so feel free to remove bot reports if you're confident that they're false positives (like the one you mentioned). DanCherek ( talk) 20:20, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard § HBC AIV helperbot5 and AdminStatsBot. This is related to the bot that clerks WP:UAA. – Novem Linguae ( talk) 14:26, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
The bot reports section no longer has a link for direct editing. I can't seem to pinpoint when this happened. Just Step Sideways from this world ..... today 16:01, 22 July 2024 (UTC)