User:TrademarkedTWOrantula/What's in a Username?
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Welcome to another one of my secret subpages. In here, I ask editors about the origin of their Wikipedia usernames because I believe every person has a story, and names are just one part of that. I was inspired by Clovermoss's editor reflections page, of which I have borrowed a few elements from. Anybody can add their answers, and if you don't feel comfortable sharing your own personal stories, you don't have to fill anything out.
User:TrademarkedTWOrantula – May 25, 2026
- When did you start editing Wikipedia? - April 2023. I've edited on this account since December 2023.
- What made you sign up? - While I was out vacationing in the Philippines, I decided to check out the Wikipedia website bookmarked on the Safari home page. I tinkered with the "View nearby articles" feature and was immediately hooked with how much I learnt about my surroundings. When I got home, I headed straight to my PC and created an account.
- What was your first username, and how did you come up with it? - My first name was "TrademarkedTarantula". The word "tarantula" came from a fandom I was in years ago, and spiders aren't that scary to me. I liked alliteration, so I opted for "trademarked" because it had a certain rhythm to it. (I believe I was also watching some YouTube video on company logos, though I'm not too sure.) After I lost the password for that account, I created my current one in December of the same year; since this was my second account, I inserted the word "TWO" in a place where I best thought it would work. So yeah. Whole lot of lore for a name.
- Have you changed your username at any point? If so, what caused you to change it? - Nope. Sticking with it for eternity.
- What's the meaning or story behind your current username?
- Would you say the name you have now fits best? - Absolutely. I love it when people call me TTWO or TWO. Very easy to remember.
- Anything else? Feedback appreciated. (Thanks for contributing :D) - Hi, me! This page DOES work!
- Sign on this line to confirm you have finished your response. —TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 21:41, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
User:Tarlby – July 16, 2026
- When did you start editing Wikipedia?
- Some account I made in September 2022 was used to edit a few VG articles in December. But it was until December 2023 that I began to edit seriöusly as an IP with an account (this one!) making its first edit on December 29 2023.
- What made you sign up?
- Likely to fix typos. I also could've wanted to edit articles I had significant interest in. For example, Bad North had my first edit while Lethal Company was the first to have me interact with this community.
- What was your first username, and how did you come up with it?
- My first username was TheWikiToby. Not much to say regarding its origin. I made it on a whim and I didn't give it much thought until months later.
- Have you changed your username at any point? If so, what caused you to change it?
- Yep. My technical username here is "Tarlby" while my signature and preferred, casuäl name is "Toby". I don't remember exactly when I did this, but I was simply uncomfortable having a lazy and stupid name stuck with me forever for as long as I edit Wikipediä.
- What's the meaning or story behind your current username?
- I could go on a whole journey explaining in detail how I concieved of Tarlby, but basically, someöne persuaded me to creäte a combination of Toby and an old username I had. This resulted in a viäble and useful username where there is no chance anyone can steal it.
- Would you say the name you have now fits best?
- Toby is personal and friendly, while Tarlby is unique and useful. I like them and they definitely fit best!
- Anything else? Feedback appreciated. (Thanks for contributing :D)
- I've suggested linking this page to Editor Reflections. Let's see if that passes!
- Sign on this line to confirm you have finished your response. toby (t)(rw) 01:40, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
User:Pppery – July 17, 2026
- When did you start editing Wikipedia? First IP edit 2014, created an account 2016
- What made you sign up? I no longer remember. I think I wanted to create a page but then apparently decided not to once I had my account.
- What was your first username, and how did you come up with it? This. It's a half-deliberate corruption of my real first name ("Perry"). IIRC when I created an account on my first online website I accidentally included only one "r" in my username and the misspelling stuck.
- Have you changed your username at any point? If so, what caused you to change it? No. If User:Perry were available I would probably switch to it since the misspelling is getting kind of old, but it's not.
- What's the meaning or story behind your current username?
- Would you say the name you have now fits best? See above. It's okay, but not perfect.
- Anything else? Feedback appreciated. (Thanks for contributing :D)
- Sign on this line to confirm you have finished your response. * Pppery * in solidarity 00:59, 17 July 2026 (UTC)