Mohamed Magdy wrote:

This might sound off-topic; but I had to ask here first before starting on-wiki discussion in order to create a new official policy on the Arabic wikipedia. also because the user who is the reason for this requested no farther conversation with him/her until she/he gets a word from the foundation about it.

It makes no sense to have this settled at the foundation level. What is objectionable in a user name is very much dependent on the language and culture involved. It is not for us English speakers to rule on the subtleties of the Arabic language.

Simply, the issue is a case of advertising using a username, as you all probably have seen it before.

More detailed: a user of ours in ar.wp have choosen to contribute to the Arabic wikipedia and a three another wikimedia wikis(as s(he) mentions in my talk page) under the name of صوت للبتراء, as you can see; this name is translated as "Vote for Petraa", you can see here the imperative form in 'Vote' and the advocacy/propaganda of saying Vote for Petraa..for those of you who might haven't heard; there is currently a project/event called the new 7 wonders of the world[1], the Petraa is one of the nominees in this event[2]..I have nothing againest new 7 wonders or what so ever.. but I wondered, "Wikipedia isn't for these kind of things" and "the users should not use such nicknames or it will be a good tool for advertising whatever they need" and "Wikipedia isn't a front to tell people to vote for something" and "it is annoying each time I take a look at that nickname with its imperative nature" and such thoughts etc.

While I personally would be tolerant of such a name, and would tend to allow him to keep the name, I am not a part of the ar:wp community. This is yourcommunity's decision in accordance with the rules that you already have. One point to be noted is that many people who start editing by having a controvery over their user nanes tend not to stay very long. By the time you sort out your rules he may already have left out of boredom.

So, I'm simply asking; is such usernames to be tolerated? and if it isn't, can you please write something from the 'foundation' as "User:Vote for Petraa" or "صوت للبتراء" says to say that? and if it is really tolerated(it would seem strange though), would a consensus on ar.wp of the active editors be sufficient to activate a policy so that users will use non-advertising titles etc. in their nicknames/usernames.

If those are your normal practices, yes.

Ec