Wikipedia>MBAB: BOTPOL states all bots should have "bot" in their username, including userspace (thus, not requiring approval) bots.

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BOTPOL states all bots should have "bot" in their username, including userspace (thus, not requiring approval) bots.

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[[File:Ambox warning blue.svg|25px|alt=|link=]] Hello, and [[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|welcome to Wikipedia]]. I noticed that your username, "{{<includeonly>safesubst:</includeonly>BASEPAGENAME}}", may not meet Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Username policy|username policy]] because it contains the suffix "-bot", which is generally '''reserved for [[WP:Bots|bot accounts]]'''.{{<includeonly>safesubst:</includeonly>#if:{{{1|}}}| In addition, it {{{1}}}.}} If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a [[Wikipedia:Changing username|change of username]], or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. {{<includeonly>safesubst:</includeonly>#if:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}|Thank you.}} <includeonly> <includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{ROOTPAGENAME}}|{{safesubst:<noinclude/>ROOTPAGENAME}}|{{{category|[[Category:Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues from {{{{{|safesubst:}}}CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{{{{|safesubst:}}}CURRENTYEAR}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}}}</includeonly><noinclude>

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Wikipedia>MBAB: BOTPOL states all bots should have "bot" in their username, including userspace (thus, not requiring approval) bots.