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Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people are drawn to professions that fit their name. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after its humorous Feedback column mentioned a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. The hypothesis had been suggested by psychologist Carl Jung, citing as an example Sigmund Freud (German for 'joy'), who studied pleasure. A few recent empirical studies have indicated that certain professions are disproportionately represented by people with appropriate surnames, though the methods of these studies have been challenged. One explanation for nominative determinism is the theory of implicit egotism, which states that humans have an unconscious preference for things they associate with themselves. An alternative explanation is genetic: an ancestor might have been named Smith or Taylor according to their occupation, and the genes they passed down might correlate to aptitudes for those professions. (Full article...)
... that an actress who appeared in the 1915 film A Welsh Singer did not act in a film again until 1948?
... that Irve Tunick said he wrote about 700 to 800 scripts in his first 15 years of writing radio scripts?
... that Vatican Cycling is the first Vatican sports governing body to be recognized by a world governing body?
... that a newspaper columnist described an Illinois TV station as one that would "illustrate a flood by showing its audience a hand-drawn picture of a lake in the corner of the screen"?
... that Empress Kōken, having resigned the Japanese throne in favor of a relative, shaved her head, became a Buddhist nun, and forced her way back into power?
... that modernist architect Paul Rudolph was said to have run out of money three times while designing the Modulightor Building?
No edits since being warned. Re-report if this user continues vandalising or spamming after sufficient warnings. Ad Orientem (talk) 03:00, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
Insufficient recent activity to warrant a block.Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:58, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
Onemillionthtree(talk·contribs·deleted contribs·nuke contribs·logs·filter log·block user·block log) Previously blocked for edit warring. Now edit warring and tendentious editing again. I have tried warning/discussing/explaining the problem with their editing at great length on their talk page to no avail. In their replies, they have shown flagrant disregard for consensus, copyright/attribution, established procedures, and the concept of following Wikipedia policies at large, and are also trying to WikiLawyer justifications for why their disruptive edits aren't technically explicitly disallowed in a policy, including citing WP:IAR. Arguably, WP:NOTHERE. SI09 (talk) 04:17, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
Update: User removed vandalism warning from their talk page at 05:50, 27 June 2025 (UTC) and edited again at 05:00, 27 June 2025 (UTC), reinforcing persistent vandalism. Please expedite review. Like56d (talk) 06:08, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
Further update: User edited again at 06:05, 27 June 2025 (UTC), reverting changes with unsourced pronunciation Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation:[poʁtuˈɡezbɾaziˈleɾubɾaziˈlejɾu] and redundant region formatting, despite AIV report. Immediate action requested. Like56d (talk) 06:12, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
Additional update: User edited again at 06:55, 27 June 2025 (UTC) with 'Reverted edit due to false accusation', continuing disruptive behavior. Urgent block requested. Like56d (talk) 07:20, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
Note on file Not of serious concern but may imply a position of authority or a role account -- DQB (owner / report) 20:11, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
Not a violation of the username policy. Stage names and pen names are permitted except when they imply that the editor is a specific living person they are not. Consider filing a report at the conflict of interest noticeboard. --Ahecht (TALK PAGE) 16:09, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
Note on file Usernames containing this string are often role accounts - check if this is the case -- DQB (owner / report) 20:11, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
Not a blatant violation of the username policy. For a username to be blatantly promotional, there must be a link between the username and the user's edits. Consider re-reporting if a connection becomes clear through the user's edits. --Ahecht (TALK PAGE) 16:09, 23 June 2025 (UTC)
Note on file suggests affiliation with a website -- DQB (owner / report) 20:12, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
Not a violation of the username policy. Stage names and pen names are permitted except when they imply that the editor is a specific living person they are not. Consider filing a report at the conflict of interest noticeboard. --Ahecht (TALK PAGE) 18:33, 26 June 2025 (UTC)
Low confidence There is low confidence in this filter test, so please be careful when blocking. -- DQB (owner / report) 01:20, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
This username matched "Used c instead of k attempting to skip filter: stink(|s|ing|er|y). Violating string: justink333374" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 01:20, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
Note on file the word "stinky" is not of itself sufficiently offensive to be blockable -- DQB (owner / report) 01:20, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
User has vandalized at Night of Champions (2025). But "Justinc" sounds like a name, so this looks like an false positive to me nonetheless. Duckmather (talk) 03:20, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
"Sarcastic reclamation" based on a self-reported religion seems a pretty iffy lampshade for an obvious slur. Simonm223 (talk) 17:00, 24 June 2025 (UTC)
Also refer to contributions, clearly you can see by their edits that they are not antisemitic. — Ö S M A N (talk · contribs) 18:08, 24 June 2025 (UTC)
This is at least the second time this name has been reported here. If it is troubling you, please report to WP:RFCN to have a formal discussion of the issues. I can see how this can be too provocative, even for a person genuinely using it to make a point rather than using it to be antisemitic. — rsjaffe🗣️ 01:35, 25 June 2025 (UTC)
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