Xeno Series Wiki:Username policy

When creating an account, the most important decision to make is that of choosing a username. In general, users can pick any name they want. However, there are some rules, which this policy details.

Username rules
A username is not okay if:
 * It is clearly offensive. Hard swears, controversial statements, and direct insults are not acceptable usernames.
 * It is entirely incomprehensible. A username of "jf408c6zf04jf749g4j" is very difficult for other users to work with. Naming yourself after a Xenoblade Chronicles X music track is not an excuse.
 * It is mostly non-Roman characters. While we value the efforts of users who specialize in non-Roman languages, we ask that your username is something that we don't have to copy-paste in order to refer to it.
 * It is excessively long. Overly long usernames can misalign wiki elements and waste people's time (reading and writing). Wikipedia blocks usernames longer than 40 characters, so try to stay under 30.
 * It is so similar to another user's that it is easy to confuse the two. This goes double if that other user has significant contributions or holds a staff position.

Enforcement
If a user signs up with a username that breaks these rules, a staff member should take action.
 * 1) Post on the user's talk page and basically explain "your name is bad w.r.t. [the policy], tell us what you want instead".
 * 2) If the name is real bad, block them immediately and indefinitely. If it's borderline, let them be unless they show no signs of responding to the rename request.
 * 3) Once a new name has been selected, a bureaucrat can go to Special:RenameUser and carry it out, unblocking the user if necessary.
 * 4) The user might instead make a second account under an acceptable username. Not what we asked for, but it's not a huge deal. Block the old one if it wasn't already.