User talk:WikileaksIntern

January 2021

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "WikileaksIntern", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because promote comercial/non-comercial organization. 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. Thank you. Hidayatsrf (talk) 04:02, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I don't edit Wikipedia very frequently so I apologize if I am using this incorrectly. I've used this username for over eight years, it is a reference to a Death Grips' song called "Hacker" where the vocalist says "You're an intern, I'm Wikileaks," which I initially believed said "You're an intern at Wikileaks," which I thought was a humorous visual because obviously no such internship exists.

No one has ever paid much attention to my username — outside of other Death Grips fans — until last year when Julian Assange was in the news again. I don't have any affiliation or opinion of the institution of Wikileaks. It's just a funny song lyric. I am discouraged that this very vague rule is being applied to my username because I think this is an obvious result of political sensitivity and not because there's anything wrong with my username.

Please advise.

A belated welcome!

Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, WikileaksIntern! I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may still benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Bridget (talk) 20:44, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]