User talk:Legopacific

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Legopacific! Thank you for your contributions. I am Missvain and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Your username[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Legopacific", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a username change that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Missvain (talk) 06:37, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the warm greeting and info. Regarding the username, this has nothing to do with the trademarked toy "Lego". "Legopacific" is a bastardization of the Latin "lego" (I build or collect) and "pacifico" (peacefully). By the same token, someone might choose the name "Applesauce"--while this includes the word "Apple", it too has nothing to do with the trademarked term. As a side note, an alternative translation was considered, but "Erectuspacifico" introduces more difficulties. Legopacific (talk) 03:16, 28 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, thanks so much for sharing this! I really appreciate it :) We had some users concern worries about this... so I'm just doing my job as a volunteer administrator - we have had situations where people have claimed they work for companies, and they don't, and all hell breaks lose and lawyers get called in...so...we want to avoid that. I really appreciate it, and welcome! Missvain (talk) 18:38, 28 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]