[Wikipedia-l] PROPOSED: Prohibition of alternate displayableusernames

Sun Feb 1 00:57:40 UTC 2004

No-one seems to have mentioned that I, for example, could easily sign
any comment [[User:Optim|Optim]] and then it would take a page history
and diff to prove that I had tried to assign a comment/vote to Optim.
Obviously this would be madness. The solution is a "legal" one rather
than technical and is pretty simple:

Rule:
- Don't pretend to be another user.

Guideline:
- Don't change your signature too often. It makes it difficult for other
users to remember who they've built up a feeling of trust with.
(example: If Uncle Ed ever becomes Father Ed, I for one would come over
all confused :-)

Pete/Pcb21