User talk:Peribirb

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Hey what's up

How are ya, thanks for stopping by. Birb ebooks (talk) 09:09, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

November 2019

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Birb ebooks", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because It loks as if it might be the name of a company. 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. If your name is not meant to represent a group or business please leave a note here and on your user page clearly saying so. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:30, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's pretty obviously a joke. "Birb" is a meme/joke version of "bird", used similarly to "doggo". Beeblebrox (talk) 19:39, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If this is in fact nothign more than a joke, if there is indeed no such organization or company, feel free not to respond at all yo my message above, a response is not required, althoguhn you may choose to make one. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 23:04, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! I picked this username a while ago as a parody of all those "X_ebooks" accounts on twitter (horse_ebooks being the biggest example), it's never represented any company or organization that I'm aware of. If it's too questionable I'd be happy to make a change request, tbh I was thinking about doing that anyway simply because I don't use this name anymore. Birb ebooks (talk) 23:40, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello yourself. You may change it if you wish to, but as long as we have your assurance that this isn't referring to any real company, you may keep it with no problem. A user reported it as a possible problem name, and one of my tasks as an admin is to check out such reports. I don't follow twiter much, so I was unaware od this trend there. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 01:38, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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March 2020

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, Birb ebooks, does not meet our username policy.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.

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This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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Requested username:

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Accept reason:

Account renamed, I will remove the block. 331dot (talk) 09:56, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@TheSandDoctor: I'm curious as to why this block was placed at all when two admins, myself and DESiegel, were basically in agreement that it was not a violation as there is no such organization. Traditionally names that just look like organization names but aren't are not blockable. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:18, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A little frustrating on my end NGL as I though this was settled, but hey, if it helps clear things up, that works for me (kinda wanted to change it anyway TBH). Peribirb (talk) 09:05, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Beeblebrox and Peribirb, a google search revealed deviant art pages and the like, which are typically used for the sale of artwork or design services in my experience. Looking further into this (which I regret not doing previously) indicates that Peribirb was not using it for the purpose. I somehow missed the prior discussion or I would not have acted on this (I was also, likewise to DES, unaware of "birb" being a joke/meme). I do apologize for the misstep and frustrations caused by this. I should have been more careful. Peribirb, I see that you may want this new name now, but if you want to be renamed to the old username I can do that for you (entirely your call). Again, my apologies. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 20:26, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! Ha, yeah that's my deviantart page, just for hobby stuff. I do understand the need for overcaution on this sort of thing, opening wikipedia up for promotional usage wouldn't be a good thing. And honestly I like the name change, I don't really use that other name online anymore, so no harm no foul. Thanks for the quick responses! Peribirb (talk) 05:07, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

August 2021

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In your recent edit to Triangular trade, you added links to an article which did not add content or meaning, or repeated the same link several times throughout the article. Please see Wikipedia's guideline on links to avoid overlinking. Thank you. Graham87 16:51, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]