[WikiEN-l] User names

Wed Oct 8 21:53:42 UTC 2003

Louis wrote (in part):

> 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.

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

I /do/ feel this one is unacceptable, and said so when it was first
discussed in May.  If feel it is directly comparable with our old friend the
radioactive chicken.

> 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.

This is a good point, and is partly the reason I didn't push the point then.
The other part being that, while I dislike the user name, I don't feel it is
a big enough issue to shout about.

I feel pretty much the same way with "Jesus is Lord!"

Regards

sannse