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hub:username_policy [2023/06/18 18:22] – created sarah.wheelerhub:username_policy [2023/07/17 19:40] (current) – elizabethherfel
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-Additionally, usernames are used in profile pages. Once you have an account, you may create a profile page, titled "user:(your chosen username)”, to provide relevant information about yourself to other users within the Open Foresight Hub. You or any other user may also create a user talk page, titled "editor_notes:user:(your chosen username)", that people can use to contact you. +Additionally, usernames are used in user pages. On your first log in, a page will be generated using your username in the userspace e.g. ''user:elizabethherfel''. You are the only person who can edit this page, and you can customize it to provide relevant information about yourself to other users within the Open Foresight Hub. Additionally, the editor notes page at ''editor_notes:user:your_username'' is a page other users can post on to contact you. 
  
  
 Your username can be virtually any string of characters, subject to a few technical limitations. However, it should be a name which other users will be comfortable with and which does not interfere with the project. A controversial name may give a bad impression to other users, and avoiding this is in your own interest. Any usernames deemed offensive may be removed. Your username can be virtually any string of characters, subject to a few technical limitations. However, it should be a name which other users will be comfortable with and which does not interfere with the project. A controversial name may give a bad impression to other users, and avoiding this is in your own interest. Any usernames deemed offensive may be removed.
  
-=== Technical Limitations ===+=== Technical Limitations for Usernames===
  
   * Your username must be unique to you. You will not be able to register with a username that is already taken.   * Your username must be unique to you. You will not be able to register with a username that is already taken.
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   * Local and accented characters are converted to their descriptive equivalents (ü becomes ue) or deaccented versions (á becomes a).    * Local and accented characters are converted to their descriptive equivalents (ü becomes ue) or deaccented versions (á becomes a). 
  
-===== Your username must represent you as an //individual// person =====+===== Your username must represent you as an individual person =====
 To provide greater accountability when creating a registered user account, while not required, we recommend that you use your professional or “in real life” name for your username. By default, your username appears in the edit history for any page you edit. To provide greater accountability when creating a registered user account, while not required, we recommend that you use your professional or “in real life” name for your username. By default, your username appears in the edit history for any page you edit.
 This describes certain types of usernames that are specifically disallowed, primarily because they can be considered// offensive, misleading,  promotional//, or imply that the account //does not belong to an individual//. This describes certain types of usernames that are specifically disallowed, primarily because they can be considered// offensive, misleading,  promotional//, or imply that the account //does not belong to an individual//.
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   * Describe a particular role, title, position, department, or a group or team of people within a parent organization or group that can be represented or held by multiple people or by different people  e.g. ABCmarketing   * Describe a particular role, title, position, department, or a group or team of people within a parent organization or group that can be represented or held by multiple people or by different people  e.g. ABCmarketing
   * Are promotional in nature, or appear intended to advertise, promote, sell, gain support, or increase the attention or user-base audience of any person, company, market, product, channel, website, or other good or service   * Are promotional in nature, or appear intended to advertise, promote, sell, gain support, or increase the attention or user-base audience of any person, company, market, product, channel, website, or other good or service
-  * Imply that your user account will be shared between more than one person+  * Imply that your user account will be shared between more than one person.
  
 ===== Your username must be truthful, appropriate, and support a positive editing environment===== ===== Your username must be truthful, appropriate, and support a positive editing environment=====
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 Contributions made under the previous username will not be re-attributed to the new username.  Your password for the new username will be the same as for the previous username. Because old edits cannot be reattributed to a new username, please choose your username carefully. If you are concerned about using your real name online for any reason, please don’t. Although we recommend using the name you go by personally/professionally, we respect any user's decision to use a different username.  Contributions made under the previous username will not be re-attributed to the new username.  Your password for the new username will be the same as for the previous username. Because old edits cannot be reattributed to a new username, please choose your username carefully. If you are concerned about using your real name online for any reason, please don’t. Although we recommend using the name you go by personally/professionally, we respect any user's decision to use a different username. 
  
-For example, if "Dr. Franz Schröder'' is your real name, and you choose this to be your username (dr.franzschroder), your real name and doctorate will be evident on your edits, on history pages, and (unless you manually change your signature) on all posts, messages, and replies that you make to talk pages and discussions. It is highly recommended that you read and understand the section on using your real name as your username before you decide to do so.+For example, if ''Dr. Franz Schröder'' is your real name, and you choose this to be your username ''dr.franzschroder'', your real name and doctorate will be evident on your edits, on history pages, and (unless you manually change your signature) on all posts, messages, and replies that you make to talk pages and discussions. It is highly recommended that you read and understand the section on using your real name as your username before you decide to do so.
  
  
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Last modified: 2023/06/18 18:22 by sarah.wheeler