[Wikipedia-l] Getting rid of nicknames

Sat May 17 18:35:33 UTC 2003

tarquin wrote:

> Three options:
> 1. remove the function (ie, exercise "dev power" and remove it for all
> the well-behaved people)
> 2. allow sysops / devs to edit the nicknames of users who are abusing
> (sysop power)
> 3. suggest that *anyone* feel free to edit an instance of a  signature
> that obscures the real user name, just by editing the wiki text. (people
> power)
>
> I'd say go with 3.

I support 2.

3 is in fact the status quo, but it contains a lot of potential for abuse.

Rc