Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Suggested usernames

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was remove from projectspace, hence I've userfied it. I've briefly considered BJAODNing but frankly the page isn't all that funny; anyone can make a list of random items. >Radiant< 10:39, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Suggested usernames

this page is worse than useless; the space of potential abusive usernames is simply too big to attempt to preemptively register them, and compiling them on this page to do so is a waste of everyone's time. Think about it: there are at least 40,000 common words in English, and for each X, we would have to register "X on Wheels", and yet in doing so, we would not have even scratched the ability to create abusive usernames on that theme -- we would then need to register "X Y on Wheels", for all X, Y, then do the proper names, then do "X Y not on Wheels", then etc. etc. without end -- and there are many, many other similar cases, any one of which would make this page useless. -- The Anome 02:23, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

• Delete unencyclopedic page, agreed not really beneficial or useful.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 02:32, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• I wanted to suggest postponing the deletion discussion/vote for a while (to prevent knee-jerk reactions), and to note that the "Willy on wheels" names were removed several months ago. On the other hand the page has been inactive lately - only four edits since their removal on 31 August - so if it gets deleted, it probably won't be missed. No vote. - Mike Rosoft 02:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Also please note the page's real purpose: not to list potential abusive usernames so that they could be blocked, but rather: "The function of this page is to list as yet unused usernames which are deemed particularly amusing, interesting or astonishing by their absence." - Mike Rosoft 02:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Which advances the goal of creating an encyclopedia exactly how? For instance, "Quontucket" is a funny word I just made up: should I add it there? If not, why not? -- The Anome 03:31, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
      • I never said that it advanced encyclopedia-building in any way. For that matter, neither does BJAODN or the rest of Category:Wikipedia humor, or the "department of fun" (games), etc. I already conceded that it most likely won't be missed if it is deleted - I just didn't want it to be deleted for the wrong reason. - Mike Rosoft 11:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
        • Indeed they don't. I'd happily delete (or MfD) everything in Category:Wikipedia humor if it wasn't for the fuss it would cause – Gurch 13:58, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• DeleteThe only real purpose would be as a screen on user names, but if we don't want it for that get rid of it, because there are no apparent criteria. Is there a list of bad puns that some of them could be moved to (joke not suggestion) ? DGG 03:40, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete So incredibly unencyclopedic. It has no conceiveable benefit. -- Kicking222 03:48, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. It's very interesting that nobody's registered User:AAAAAAAAA! gruegrue SET US UP THE BOMB, I think. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 04:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• SPEEDY DELETEper CSD G1. Jorcoga^† 05:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• Userfy - Harmless, non-promotional, vaguely wiki-related. --Dgies 05:55, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• Userfy or move to BJAODN. Not particularly useful, but sufficiently funny to have a spot somewhere. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:16, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, now I've registered User:Exploding whale there's no need for it – Gurch 13:58, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete This has no encyclopedic value, username cruft. Even in the userspace I don't see how this involves the encyclopedia in any way. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:10, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep; to quote the page; "Eventually, this page will be linked to from the login/registration screen to help those less imaginative souls." I think this is a good idea. Many popular websites have some sort of feature to suggest an unused username to people who are trying to register but whose first choice is taken. If someone wants to sign up as ONUnicorn, but the software won't let them because I'm ONUnicorn, then it might be helpful to them to be able to click a link and learn that no one has taken LogicalCauliflower yet, so they can be LogicalCauliflower. That way they spend less time fiddling at the registration screen trying to come up with something that's not already taken and can get on with editing the encyclopedia; which is why they are trying to register an account to begin with. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)} 16:42, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes, but most websites create those names by adding numbers to the end, not transcluding from a list of ones someone deemed funny. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 16:43, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Yes, but Wikipedia's software doesn't do that. All it does is say, "Login error:Username entered already in use. Please choose a different name." Hence, if this list was linked from the signup screen it might prove helpful. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)} 16:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep but only for bad jokes and other deleted nonsense purposes: even if it is unencyclopedic. --SunStar Net^talk 20:23, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Is that a delete, and move to joke section vote? HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 20:25, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• Userfy or BJAODN per MacGyverMagic. --Arnzy (talk • contribs) 15:15, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
• Bjaodnify. Funny yet regrettably unencyclopedic. ~crazytales (t·c) 19:01, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
• BJAODNify, delete or include a link to when creating an account. They are funny, but the list is pointless. If you want a funny username, you would think of one before you create and account. And some people probably might not want funny usernames. Jake95 08:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.