[WikiEN-l] Usernames: sense of proportion

Fri May 7 18:34:09 UTC 2004

Agreed.
Mark

--- dpbsmith at verizon.net wrote:
> Seems me to be stretching a point _considerably_ to
> object to someone's 
> username on the basis of it containing the substring
> "troll". 
> 
> Even if we grant a) that usernames that are
> obviously likely to give gross 
> offense need to be dealt with, and b) that serious
> trolling behavior gives 
> gross offense to Wikipedians, it does NOT follow
> that c) usernames containing 
> the substring "troll" are grossly offensive to
> Wikipedians. 
> 
> Continuing to belabor this point: someone whose
> username contains the word 
> "troll," who does not, in fact, troll, is not a
> problem. Someone whose 
> username does not contain the word troll, who does,
> in fact, troll, is a 
> problem.
> 
> It's fair enough to assume that someone with a
> trollish username might be 
> trying to send a signal, and should expect his/her
> activities to receive more 
> attention than they might otherwise... but...
> 
> Let's act on the basis of what people do, not what
> their usernames are.
> 
> I beg to remain
> Yr. humble & obdt. servant
> 
>    The Comptroller
> 
> 
> 
> 
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