Wikipedia talk:Harassment

message: Legal name refers to the name that is used to identify a person for legal and administrative purposes. Usually, this is also the name a person is commonly known ("real name" or "personal name"), however some people are commonly known by a name that is different from their legal name (see the Personal name article).
Personal information is anything that can be used to identify a specific person. This can include a person's name, date of birth, e-mail address, phone number, physical address (however it could be shared by multiple people), identification numbers, credit card numbers and more. In some cases it even includes usernames or user account identification numbers (e.g. user_id in a database).
The Wikipedia:Harassment article contains the term "legal name" which could be replaced with "real name", "personal name" or just "name". I've replaced "legal name" with "real name" in the article mentioned above, then someone reverted my edit telling me that a consensus in the talk page is needed. WPEditor42 (talk) 13:58, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll start by saying that significant changes to sensitive policy pages like this one really should be discussed in talk before being put onto the policy page, and should be given enough time to get responses to a proposal before implementing it. I had been thinking about this, and I agree that "real name" works better than "legal name". I would support the version you made that simply changed "legal" to "real". I oppose just "name" as being too vague, "personal name" as being too undefined, and "full name" because just a part of a real name can still be outing. I'm also unenthusiastic about the subsequent edits you made. They make it too roundabout, and if it isn't broken, don't fix it. --Tryptofish (talk) 15:41, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

text: UPDATE: Nicknames and pseudonyms can actually be considered personal information if you can identify a specific person using it. WPEditor42 (talk • contribs) 23:05, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: In the intervening time, it's been revised to "real-life name", which I think is the best way to put it. That distinguishes it from the WP username, but if someone is known by a nickname or pseudonym in real life, then that's covered. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:54, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. WPEditor42 (talk • contribs) 23:58, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real name vs legal name 

message: Regarding this edit: the shortcut redirect WP:STALKING was removed earlier from the list of available shortcuts as the term has certain real-life connotations, as described at , and discussed at . I feel the shortcut shouldn't be listed. Four listed shortcuts is more than enough (general guidance is to list no more than two), and I agree with not promoting usage of this redirect. (Both WP:STALK and WP:STALKING used to be soft redirects with a note discouraging their use, but the note was removed by one editor in 2022 and WP:STALKING was made into a hard redirect.) isaacl (talk) 17:54, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  shortcut links 

message: If somebody brags on social media in unsavory terms about having made a certain edit on Wikipedia, can I call them out on it on-Wiki? Is that outing?
And if somebody claims on social media to have ‘worked with Wikipedia moderators’ to make those edits? Hyperbolick (talk) 04:31, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: As a generalization, it would be better to deal with it privately (such as by email to an administrator or to ArbCom), than to post about it onsite. It might be OK to post if the social media post uses the exact same account name as the username here, and the social media post contains nothing to link the username to any aspect of real life identity. But it would have to satisfy both of those requirements, not just one or the other, and there would have to be no ambiguities about that. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:48, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ok, this instance doesn't satisfy both, social media username is different. Can imagine a social media troll falsely claiming to be wiki editor for whatever reason. Hyperbolick (talk) 20:29, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question on social media and outing