[WikiEN-l] Controversial user nicknames
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Tue Aug 26 05:46:25 UTC 2003
james duffy wrote:
> This might seem a small point now, as we don't have that many
> controversial user nics. But as wiki grows the number of new users and
> usernics will rocket. If two or three people use them and get away
> with it, the likelihood is that more new members will follow, on the
> basis that 'if he can call himself 'x', then I will call myself 'y'.'
> Sooner or later we will face the problem. It makes sense to do it now,
> with the small community, than try to deal with it when there are
> twice or three times as many users, by which time offence may already
> have been caused to some, and potential wikipedians frightened off by
> the impression given by the unfortunate use of badly chosen names.
>
> Any observations?
My observation on these names is that most of these users have an
attention span that matches their social grace. Once [[User:Adolf
Hitler]] has joined us, he is not likely to stay long. His usage of the
name, however, means that all others are blocked from using that name
in the future. The problem will effectively solve itself without the
need for more rules.
Ec
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