AutisticPsycho

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Additionally, thank you for contributing to the House of Representatives article! --NGerda 02:55, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Woops!

No problem at all. That's what I'm here for. :) I'm looking forward to reading the article, and once again welcome to Wikinews! NGerda 02:57, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Blocked

Hi, I'm blocking your username to its offensive nature. Please sign up again with a more suitable account ID. Dan100 (Talk) 13:05, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dan, please stop doing this. Aspies for Freedom says it isn't offensive, so it isn't offensive. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NGerda (talk • contribs)

Who?! Dan100 (Talk) 08:01, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Obviously you haven't read the discussion about this. NGerda 15:15, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Unblocked

I have unblocked you AutisticPsycho. Feel free to roam around, make edits, do whatever, and if you get into any more trouble, don't hesitate to leave me a message on my talk page or, if you are blocked, you can chat with me here. Enjoy! --NGerda 22:42, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

Hi. NGerda 22:36, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Your username

I'm sure your username has special and valuable meanings for you; I know that mine does for me. However, Wikinews inherits the community guidelines from Wikipedia, including Wikipedia:No_offensive_usernames. The important line in this policy, I think, is: Fairly or unfairly, the line between acceptable and unacceptable user names is drawn by those who find the username inappropriate, not by the creator of the name. What this means in this case is that although the username may not be offensive to people who are Autistic or Psychotic, it is perceived as offensive by some members of the Wikinews community.

Because of this, I am asking you as a member of this community to choose another username. I hope you'll understand that we value your contributions and you as a person, it's just your username which is causing us some issues. Thanks! - Amgine/^talk 00:40, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)