Place holder is an account created to be used when you intend to replace the user name with an actual user later. It also serves in ranked lists of Wikipedians to hold the place of those who do not wish to be listed by name, without invalidating the rankings.
 | This page is not a sandbox. It should not be used for test editing. To experiment, please use the Wikipedia sandbox, your user sandbox, or the other sandboxes. |
 | This user is not real. This user is not a real user. It is used when you intend to replace the user name with an actual user later. |
Example is a similar account created to be used in examples where you don't want to name a particular user.
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