OLPC:Username policy

Please see the wikipedia username policy, as it most accurately reflects the username policy of OLPC.

Company/group names

Use of OLPC for promotion of a company or group is not permitted, and accounts that do this will be blocked. Use of a company or group name as a username is not explicitly prohibited, but it is not recommended, and depending on the circumstances may be seen as a problem.

Accounts that represent an entire group or company are not permitted

Inappropriate usernames

OLPC does not allow usernames that are confusing, misleading, promotional or offensive.

• Confusing usernames make it unnecessarily difficult to identify contributors.
• Misleading usernames imply misleading things about the contributor. For example, misleading points of fact, an impression of undue authority, or the suggestion that the account is operated by a group, project or collective rather than one individual.
• Promotional usernames are used to promote a group or company on Wikipedia.
• Offensive usernames make harmonious editing difficult or impossible.

Sharing accounts

User accounts must only represent individuals. Sharing an account – or the password to an account – with others is not permitted, and doing so will result in the account being blocked.

Using multiple accounts

It is recommended that contributors do not use multiple accounts without good reason. For example, experienced contributors might create a new account in order to experience how the community functions for new or inexperienced users, and contributors using their real name may wish to use a pseudonymous account for contributions they do not want their real name to be associated with. Contributors operating any sort of automated editing process should do so under an alternative bot account.

Single-purpose accounts

A single-purpose account is an account that contributes regularly, but does only one particular thing, such as edit a particular article or put forward a single opinion. By contrast, most regular contributors will edit and discuss many different things. Such accounts are permitted, and such a pattern of contributions may simply indicate an new or inexperienced contributor. However, it may also indicate sock puppetry.