Requests for Comment/Username policy (2)

There has already been an RfC on this matter last year, though in the end it was closed with no consensus, since the format of that RfC was not great, and instead of having users vote on individual rules, it was on full proposals which did not work out. I think a username policy is necessary to have on Miraheze, as currently it's up to discretion and sometimes there is uncertainty (at least for me) regarding whether a username should be allowed or not. In the case that none of the policy proposals pass, the enforcement will remain "Steward discretion". Please feel free to add any other proposals, and of course in this case most proposals are not mutually exclusive. Proposals here are taken from my original draft as well as from Robkelk's. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 16:54, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Proposal 1

 * Stewards have discretion over which usernames should be locked or not for having an inappropriate username

Proposal 2
The following proposals detail what usernames are not allowed on Miraheze.

Proposal 2.1

 * Usernames that are offensive, contain insulting material, harass a user or do not respect any global Miraheze policies.

Proposal 2.2

 * Usernames that give the impression that the account in question has permissions which it does not have (e.g. "administrator", "bureaucrat", etc.).

Proposal 2.3

 * Usernames that are deliberately similar to other usernames in the possible scope of impersonation (i.e. user a is called "Example", user b is called "Examplee")

Proposal 2.4

 * Usernames that contain phone numbers or email addresses

Proposal 2.5

 * Usernames that contain the exact name of a wiki (e.g. a user named "Metawiki") or the name of Miraheze unless the account is ran by that wiki's staff.

Proposal 2.6

 * Usernames that resemble IP addresses (as these are expected to designate non-logged-in users), timestamps, system messages or are deliberately cause confusion are prohibited.

Proposal 2.8

 * Usernames which could be easily misunderstood to refer to a "bot" or a "script" (which alludes to automated editing processes) or indicates it is part of the mediawiki software, unless the account is of that type.

Proposal 2.9

 * Usernames that seem intended to provoke a reaction ("trolling").

Proposal 1 (General enforcement)

 * If an account that does not respect this policy is created, they should be warned, linked to this policy and invited to change their username. If they do not do so in a time period determined by a Steward they will be locked for violating the policy.

Proposal 2 (General enforcement)

 * If an account that does not respect this policy is created, they should be warned, linked to this policy and invited to change their username. If they edit a wiki globally and ignore the warning from a Steward, they will be locked for violating the policy.

Proposal 3 (General enforcement)

 * If an account that does not respect this policy is created, they will be globally locked on sight by a Steward and must create another account in order to edit.

Proposal 3.1 (General enforcement)

 * If the account is not respecting proposal 2.5 (assuming it passes) they may be warned instead of being directly locked (since it could be because of ignorance of the policy)

Proposal 4 (Provisions for accounts created prior to the policy being adopted)

 * Usernames which already exist and that do not respect this policy (after it is in effect) will be given a warning and invited to change their username immediately, if they do not due so in a period of 3 months, they will be globally locked.

Proposal 5 (Provisions for accounts created prior to the policy being adopted)

 * Usernames which already exist and that do not respect this policy (after it is in effect) will be given a warning and invited to change their username immediately, if they do not due so in a period of 6 months, they will be globally locked.