Template:Uw-agf-wellknown
Hello, Uw-agf-wellknown, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Your username matches the name of a well-known living person. If this account appears to be used for impersonation, it may be blocked under the Wikipedia username policy .
To request a change of username, complete the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest , choosing a username that complies with our username policy. Alternatively, you can just create a new account. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why.
If you are the person represented by this username, you are welcome to continue editing with this username, but please consider the legal consequences and potential for harassment. If you choose to keep your current username, please send an email to info-en@ wikimedia.org including your real name and your Wikipedia username. Our volunteer response team will help you verify your account. Please do not send documentation without being requested to do so.
Thank you.
Usage
{{subst:Uw-agf-wellknown}}{{subst:Uw-agf-wellknown|Name of an article on the well-known person}}references a specific name of an article on the well-known person{{subst:Uw-agf-wellknown|Name of an article on the well-known person|Additional text}}adds text onto the end of the message instead of "Thank you"{{subst:Uw-agf-wellknown||Additional text}}or{{subst:Uw-agf-wellknown|2=Additional text}}also adds text onto the end of the message instead of "Thank you", but doesn't link a page as specified by the name of an article on the well-known person.- DO NOT use this template for very well-known individuals or if there is any reason to suspect impersonation, potential for harm, or violation of Wikipedia policies. Report at WP:UAA or block using {{Uw-ublock-wellknown }} instead.
Please remember to substitute the template using {{subst:Uw-agf-wellknown}} rather than {{Uw-agf-wellknown}}.
To customize your message, parameters are available; one to add the article name, and oneto add additional text at the end of the message. If your param value contains an equal sign (as urls often do), then be sure to explicitly specify the positional parameter by number; i.e., use |1= or |2= followed by the value; e.g., |1=XYZ=Repainting, or |2=https://www.bbc.com/search?q=Kent+weather.
Notes
- Please refer to the index of message templates before using any template on user talk pages to warn a user. Applying the best template available for your purpose may help reduce confusion from the message you are sending.
- Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.[2026;2025;2024 ](Patience; this may take a while.)
- This standardized template conforms to guidelines by the user warnings project. You may discuss the visual appearance of these standardized templates (e.g. the image in the top-left corner) at the user warning talk page.
- This documentation is generated by the {{Single notice }} template, and used by numerous single-level user warnings or notice templates. It is located at Template:Single notice/inner (edit talk links history).
See also
Subpages of this template.