[WikiEN-l] General Eisenhower

[NSLE (Wikipedia)]

So, going by that reasoning, as was brought up before, [[User:Governor
Bush]] or [[User:President Bush]] are allowed then?

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On 5/31/06, Peter Ansell <ansell.peter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/30/06, Joe Anderson <computerjoe.mailinglist at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > [[User:General Eisenhower]] is in breach of [[WP:USERNAME]] where is
> states:
> >
> > Names of VIPs or well-known historical figures ( e.g. Benjamin
> > Franklin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin>;
> > > Chuck Norris <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Norris>).
> >
> >
> > On his userpage he claims
> >
> >   I'm General and future president Eisenhower.
> >
> >
> > I requested he changed his username, as to which a poll was
> > started<
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%253AGeneral_Eisenhower&diff=55756520&oldid=55755552
> >however.
> >
> > According to GeorgeMoney, it was a bad faith nom : how is this?
> >
> > Eisenhower said on my talk page: I am not changing my username. General
> > Eisenhower <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:General_Eisenhower> • ( at
> war
> > or at peace <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:General_Eisenhower>)
> > 15:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC).
> >
> > He has not accepted he is in breach of policy, which he is. I am posting
> > here to seek other people's views (as per [[WP:USERNAME]]) and to
> possibly
> > make a namechange compulsory.
> >
> > Eisenhower would normally have been given a username block, however he
> > slipped through the net to become fairly estabilished (albeit it not in
> the
> > main namespace), which makes it harder.
> >
> > --
> > Joe Anderson
> >
> > [[User:Computerjoe]] on en, fr, de, simple, Meta and Commons.
>
> I dont know how serious this one really is. If he had Dwight
> Eisenhower it may be more serious. As it is, it is likely to be more
> disruptive to try to enforce it than it will be to let him keep it.
>
> Peter Ansell
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