[WikiEN-l] Controversial user nicknames

Tue Aug 26 18:59:51 UTC 2003

Richard Grevers wrote:

> Ray Saintonge gave utterance to the following:
>
>> My observation on these names is that most of these users have an 
>> attention span that matches their social grace.  Once [[User:Adolf 
>> Hitler]] has joined us, he is not likely to stay long.  His usage of 
>> the name, however,  means that all others are blocked from using that 
>> name in the future.  The problem will effectively solve itself 
>> without the need for more rules. 
>
> Then why doesn't someone senior and responsible simply create all the 
> user names we think are offensive, effectively removing them from 
> circulation. Would this create a problem with user:talk pages?

Someone has started this; but the possibilities are infinite.  There may 
not be a problem with user:talk pages but [[User:Talk Pages]] may 
object. ;-)

Ec