[WikiEN-l] Controversial user nicknames

Tue Aug 26 18:45:17 UTC 2003

Sean Barrett wrote:

>A collegue of mine is named Moamer Qazafi -- which may not look
>controversial at first glance, but it is simply another way to
>transliterate the name of the Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi.  Would
>you ban him simply because his name has an unfortunate and not
>particularly humorous similarity to that of a tyrant?
>
Transliteration problem merely permute the opportunities for mischief as 
in Usama or Osama, bin or ben, Ladin or Laden.  That alone gives us 8 
possible names.  

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