[WikiEN-l] User names

Wed Oct 8 18:18:03 UTC 2003

Well, as long as Tim Starling has his user-name-changebot warmed up and 
ready to go to work, there's no sense in stopping with our friend Mr. 
Jesus_Is_Lord!.  Why, there are any number of user names that someone 
might find just as offensive.

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Hephaestos - Some Hedonists might take offense at someone claiming the 
name of the greek God of the forge.  Clearly this user's name is no more 
appropriate than a name like Jesus, Budda, God, or Allah.

DanKeshet - Obviously we're making fun of people whose pronunciation of 
German is poor.

Mydogategodshat - Two readings here, my/dog/ate/gods/hat and 
my/dog/ate/god/shat.  Both unacceptable.

Christian - Yes it's the fellow's name, but it says in the policy, "No 
one has a right to any particular user name. While colorful, 
interesting, or expressive names may add to the pleasure of Wikipedia, 
they are not essential. This might include legitimate names..."  So, 
he'll have to think of something else.

Jesus Saves! - a recent arrival deserving the dustbin.

Evil saltine - Offensive because it's, well, evil.  And defamatory to 
cracker makers.

Cimon avaro - Let's capitalize properly, now, shall we?

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Look, folks, the policy was put in place because of TMC.  Neither 
JesusIsLord nor any of the rest rise to that level.  Can we give that 
writer some space, rather than being so heavy-handed?  Are those 
non-Christians among us so insecure in their beliefs that they would 
fight this benign expression of religious sentiment?

I suggest that someone remove the vote presently taking place.  Let's 
forget about this, and odds are that whoever is using the JesusIsLord 
username for homophobic alter ego will lose interest in it and move on.

Louis