Some background information about me: This is a second account for a long-term Wikipedia editor. I used my old account for nearly 13 years and had about 15,000 edits with it. Unfortunately, when I created that account, my username was not quite as anonymous as I wish I had made it, and contained information that made it possible to relate my user name to me in real life. When I was approached by a business associate who asked me if I was User [so-and-so] on Wikipedia, I decided it was time to change. Since a user rename would have left all of my talk page edits unchanged whenever I used a signature, I decided just to start from scratch. I have ceased all editing on my old account and I have never been involved in any disputes or conflicts that would preclude such a move under Wikipedia policy.
