[WikiEN-l] User:MyPasswordIsHELLO

Tue Feb 4 19:43:13 UTC 2003

Jimmy Wales wrote:

>Ray Saintonge wrote:
>
>>As I understand the process, by choosing a user name, he is no  longer 
>>anonymous.  This chosen name should function in the same way as any 
>>other chosen name.  Unless this name has some hidden effect on the 
>>operation of the software, the name may be a little weird, but not 
>>offensive.  
>>
>
>It is a little weird, but we can easily adjust to it.  If someone
>starts using that account to do naughty things, we will just ban
>the account.  If someone keeps doing this, we'll have to deal with
>it when it comes up.
>
>Historically speaking, we haven't had a lot of trouble with people
>trying to subvert the system.
>
It took a little while for me to understand where the potential problem 
is.  Would it be a difficult technical fix to outlaw passwords that are 
substrings of the user name?

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