User talk:Coonic17

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Posted automatically via sandbox guided tour. Coonic17 (talk) 01:51, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Coonic17, you are invited to the Teahouse!

Hi Coonic17! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from peers and experienced editors. I hope to see you there! Missvain (I'm a Teahouse host)

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Welcome!

Hello, Coonic17, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:16, 16 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

September 2015

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Coonic17", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it contains "coon", a derogatory racial slur. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Belchior90 (talk) 15:36, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Username

I apologize if my username is associated with a racial slur. It is, in fact, a combination of my last name and my husband's first name. I would prefer to keep this username if at all possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.225.116.67 (talk) 21:09, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your response. I appreciate your explanation; however, I believe that most users will see the racial slur "coon" very prominently when seeing your username, leading to a disharmonious editing environment. Since we do not agree on this issue, I have requested more opinions on your username at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names, so that other Wikipedia users can give their input on whether you should change your username or not. Belchior90 (talk) 21:44, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That discussion has been closed, with everyone but the nominator agreeing that your username is not a problem and you may continue to use it. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:15, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It also seems that the user who made a stink about it in the first place was misusing an undisclosed alternate account and has been blocked. I hope this experience has not put you off contributing here, in the end everything seems to have turned out all right, with the community supporting your name and removing the person who stirred this up. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:36, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]