Ilikeyourdorkiness

Welcome, Ilikeyourdorkiness!

I'm Riana, and I noticed that you're new, so I thought I'd drop you a note. We do have a lot of users, and are currently working on 6,917,049 articles, so things can be a little intimidating... but don't worry! We love to help out, and we'll try our best to make your stay here as comfortable as possible.
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We hope you stick around, and make sure you enjoy yourself! Cheers, – Riana ^ऋ 13:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

My concern about your username

Hello, Ilikeyourdorkiness, and welcome to Wikipedia.

I hope not to seem unfriendly or make you feel unwelcome, but I noticed your username, and am concerned that it might not meet Wikipedia's username policy. After you look over that policy, could we discuss that concern here?

I'd appreciate learning your own views, for instance your reasons for wanting this particular name, and what alternative username you might accept that avoids raising this concern.

You have several options freely available to you:

• If you can relieve my concern through discussing it here, I can stop worrying about it.
• If the two of us can't agree here, we can ask for help through Wikipedia's dispute resolution process, such as asking for a "third opinion", or requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Wikipedia administrators usually abide by agreements reached through this process.
• You can keep your contributions history under a new username. Visit Wikipedia:Changing username and follow the guidelines there.

Let me reassure you that my writing here means I don't think your username is grossly, blatantly, or obviously inappropriate; such names get reported straight to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism or blocked on sight. This is more a case where opinions might differ, and it would be good to reach some consensus — either here or at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names. So I look forward to a friendly discussion, and to enjoying your continued participation on Wikipedia. Thank you again! – Riana ^ऋ 13:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Just a note

Although the boilerplate message above makes it seem as though I have a problem with your username, I personally don't - it was brought up elsewhere by another user. However, you can feel free to discuss your options with me. Thanks! – Riana ^ऋ 13:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

My reply!

Hi, I've been a user since December 5th 2005. Policy only extends from user accounts created on or after December 8th 2006. Cheers Ilikeyourdorkiness (talk) 15:07, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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