User talk:Gay Media Matters

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My concern about your username (Gay Media Matters)

Hello, Gay Media Matters, and thank you for contributing 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?

Contains reference to sexual orientation and to a website, both of which are problematic according to the username policy.

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. Admins 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 (WP:AIV), 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 WP:RFC/NAME. So I look forward to a friendly discussion, and to enjoying your continued participation on Wikipedia. Thank you again! RJASE1 ^Talk 22:47, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Q Television Network

Please note that encyclopedic content on Wikipedia never becomes "irrelevant" or "outdated". An article is not required to reflect only the current situation; any information that was ever true about the topic is to remain in the article so long it's properly reflected in the past tense. Bearcat 04:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't actually do any reversions on the article, for what it's worth. I'm just clarifying because you appear to have removed the content more than once, but somebody else (not me) did the actual reversions. As much as possible, the information should actually be kept, and just changed to the past tense where it's no longer current. Bearcat 08:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]