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 :If these addendums can be made or otherwise addressed, I can support this. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 20:40, May 10, 2021 (EDT)
 ::For what it's worth, I '''support''' the initial proposed changes to the username policy, and I also support all of Omega Tyrant's suggested addendums. <b>[[User:john3637881|<span style="color: black;">John</span>]]</b> [[File:John3637881DededeSignature.png|20px]] <b>[[User talk:John3637881|<span style="color: red;">LONG LIVE DEDEDE!</span>]]</b> 22:43, May 10, 2021 (EDT)
+:> "I find it unsavory that the second point is only being proposed now after an admin/bcrat wanted to change their name and found that their desired name was already taken in its raw form by a long gone rando"
+:I could be wrong, but I think this is the first time that ''anyone'' has wanted to change their name and found it both occupied and unused. This isn't being suggested just because that person was a staff member. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[File:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Dispenser 07:55, May 11, 2021 (EDT)
+:*2 years is definitely on the low end to me, but it's probably fine.
+:*The intent of the "no talk page edits" line was to guarantee that no old signatures would point to the wrong user. Not sure if there's a wording that can keep this idea while not letting a talkpage edit be an instant "no".
+:*I see the point of this "account got banned but managed 10+ edits before then" change.
+:*I don't personally want to start us having to police whether someone has the "rights" to a username that happens to be well-known elsewhere. If so, it would indeed belong more in the username policy than in here.
+:*Yeah a "discretion" point should be added.
+:[[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[File:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Dispenser 07:55, May 11, 2021 (EDT)
+::Regarding the talk page thing, if the user in question has a very small number of edits anyway (as required by this policy amendment), it should be pretty easy to change where the links on signatures point to, right? ''[[User:Alex the weeb|<span style="color: blue;">'''Alex'''</span>]] the [[User talk:Alex the weeb|<span style="color: red;">'''Weeb'''</span>]]'' 08:18, May 11, 2021 (EDT)
+::Not suggesting that there's any ill intent behind this, just acknowledging that it comes off as unsavory, but regardless I would support it still. As for the signatures, I agree with Alex that it should be quick and simple to manually change a few signatures in the event that a reclaim target made a few talk page posts, as by the nature of the requirements they can't have more than ten such posts (or they would be vandal/sock accounts likely caught pretty early). Can even make it a requirement that the user requesting the name reclaim must make those edits themselves to not add any extra workload for the bureaucrats. As for the "rights" to a username issue, I would just find it silly if some top player decided to start editing here and then couldn't use their tag for potentially up to two years because some rando fan or impersonator registered the name first, but it can be argued that the general "discretion" point already covers it, where in such a situation a bureaucrat can overrule the listed requirements to get them their name. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 09:12, May 11, 2021 (EDT)