User talk:Jmcgnh/Archives/2016/05

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Hi Jmcgnh! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

• The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
• The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
• The Teahouse new editor help space
• Wikipedia Help pages

-- 08:11, Sunday, May 1, 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

Copied this talk message from the old jmchnh talk page before replacing that entire page with the #REDIRECT directive as mentioned below.

I saw your edit here, and figured you could use some help. You can resolve this "username issue" a few different ways. One way is to simply change your user page to be #REDIRECT [[User:Jmcgnh]] and change your talk page to be #REDIRECT [[User_talk:Jmcgnh]], then afterwards start using your new account and no longer use this one. The other way is to request a username change. Since you seem to have already created the new account, I think the first option might be easier. Otherwise, you can request to have an usurpation done. Either way works fine. Please let me know if you have any questions. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:52, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, ~Oshwah~. I went with the #REDIRECT method as you advised. From the description of usurpation, my situation doesn't appear to qualify, since both accounts are quite new and have no significant contributions so far. I realize that you may never come back to see this here, but that's okay. Jmcgnh (talk) 07:46, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

You're very welcome! Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any more questions or if you need anything. I'll be happy to lend you a hand! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:47, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Sure. But it gives me a somewhat uneasy feeling, almost as if I'm living in the Panopticon, to have you respond so promptly. --Jmcgnh (talk) 08:03, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

I probably should not be fighting long-standing conventions at this point, but I strongly prefer to have my username appear as lowercase wherever I can, so I added the "lowercase title" template to my user and talk pages and set a preference for a customized signature, inspired by User:Oshwah. --jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:31, 5 May 2016 (UTC)