[WikiEN-l] Controversial user nicknames

Thu Aug 28 00:05:18 UTC 2003

Brion Vibber wrote:

> Delirium wrote:
>
>> With online publishing, a link to the page history should suffice for 
>> attribution, but in a paper format the publisher would actually have 
>> to list five authors for every single article, and they certainly 
>> wouldn't want to list offensive names for those authors.
>
>
> Then get five other people to edit it. Problem solved! ;)

The borrower could even invent 5 user names that best reflect his point 
of view; a [[User:Baby Killer]] would suggest a very specific POV about 
[[abortion]], or could you have faith in the student [[User:Learner 
Heisenberg]]'s credibility about the [[Uncertainty Principle]]?

Ec