Forum:Createaccount Mediawiki text on Requests wiki

Hope this is ok on Central, but Requests is very busy and they're both administrative wikis, so...

Perhaps it would be a good idea to change Mediawiki:Createaccounttext (or whatever, the message that shows up when you're making an account) to discourage certain usernames. Since people will be required to login to make a request, it might be fitting to suggest a name that doesn't include the name of their proposed wiki, or the word "wiki" at all, or their subject... several people I've seen on Central while browsing reent changes have names like this, and I can't help but wonder if they won't regret choosing such a name like that later when they have more wiki experience, or if a username based on the name of the wiki doesn't create the illusion of authority and detract from the community building aspect. This might just be my opinion though, and even if I'm right, maybe it should just be left alone anyway, but it's worth a thought. Scott ch 16:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC)


 * How's this: w:c:requests:MediaWiki:Signupend? Angela talk 18:33, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Heh, you're asking me? Well, I think that should work fine, hopefully that will discourage that because I saw like 3 more people do it today alone on requests... that wiki is busy, I didn't realize you guys got so many requests.  Scott ch 20:38, 26 February 2007 (UTC)


 * If people later regret their original user name, it is not illegal to create a second account. Perhaps this would be a simpler solution than to suggest what an inappropriate user name is and then to suggest that they not use those inappropriate user names.  Respectfully, Zephyrinus 22:57, 15 March 2007 (UTC)