User talk:Cockwomble22

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November 2019

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Cockwomble22", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it contains the word "cock", which refers to the penis in American slang.. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you.  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 02:53, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

I know the slang term in English. But it also has other meanings, such as with roosters/chickens. So, are you going to say that in articles that reference that, editors can’t use cock because of the slang meaning or when rightfully discussing female dogs, they have to say female dogs and not bitch? What about that famous scandal in the 90s when people were so PC that a DC politician was forced to leave office because he correctly used the word niggardly and despite much evidence to the contrary, he was not using a racial slur. So, are you going to continue to be the PC police and tell editors writing about that incident that they can’t use niggardly because people who refuse to use a dictionary might be offended?

• Apparently there are other cockwombles because it said that name was already taken. are you going to not allow someone to use cockroach in their name or dickweed? Anyway, it is British and/or Scottish slang for a foolish or obnoxious person. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cockwomble https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cockwomble Nippy, palaver and cockwomble: Greatest words in English?

"Dickweed" nor "Cockwomble" are allowed and would also be blocked. While you are correct that "Cockwomble" does exist, it was blocked for violating the username policy in January 2017 (about 44 minutes after its creation). If you select another username, I will happily help you rename your account. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 04:32, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

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An extended welcome

Hi Cockwomble22. Welcome to Wikipedia. I've added a welcome message to the top of this page that gives a great deal of information about Wikipedia. I hope you find it useful.

Additionally, I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily.

Working on biographical information about living persons is far more difficult. Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy requires strict adherence to multiple content policies, and applies to all information about living persons including talk pages.

If you have a relationship with the topics you want to edit, then you will need to review Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, which may require you to disclose your relationship and restrict your editing depending upon how you are affiliated with the subject matter. Regardless, editing in a manner that promotes an entity or viewpoint over others can appear to be detrimental to the purpose of Wikipedia and the neutrality required in articles.

Some topic areas within Wikipedia have special editing restrictions that apply to all editors. It's best to avoid these topics until you are extremely familiar with all relevant policies and guidelines.

I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Ronz (talk) 21:18, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

July 2020

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because your username, Cockwomble22, does not meet our username policy. Your username is the principal reason for the block. You are welcome to continue editing after you have selected a new username that meets the username policy guidelines, which are summarized below.

Per the username policy, a username should represent an individual and should not: represent a group or organization; be promotional; be misleading (such as indicating possession of special user rights or being a ”Bot" account (unless approved for such purposes)); be offensive or otherwise disruptive. However, a username that contains the name of a organization and also identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or “FoobarFan87" is allowed, though, among others, the guidance on conflict of interest and the policy of paid-contribution disclosure are relevant.

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you wish for your existing contributions to carry over under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:

1. Adding {{unblock-un|your new username here}} below. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "Email this user" from their talk page.
2. At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a change of name request.
3. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use. Therefore, please check the list here to see if a name is taken prior to requesting a change of name.

Appeals: If, after reading the guide to appealing blocks you believe you were blocked in error, then you may appeal this block by adding {{unblock|Your reason here}} below this notice,. TheSandDoctor ^Talk 04:30, 21 July 2020 (UTC)