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WVU’s identity management system checks submitted names against nearly 40 databases from both U.S. and international sources that collectively contain hundreds of thousands of names and nicknames. Any preferred name submissions that are found in one of these databases are automatically approved. Those that aren’t found in the databases will be reviewed by humans. As those names are approved, they will be added to the evolving WVU database so the next person who requests it will get automatic approval.