LDan wrote:
Most of those people only thought that others
would be offended. I don't think that if a critical
mass of people think that others will be offfended
by the username, that that user should have to
change names.
Offense is only part of the picture. Equally important is the impression
people get about Wikipedia by looking at Recent Changes and page histories.
The page history issue is most important; would a downstream user want to
list "Jesus is Lord!" as on of the five authors of a page? How does it make
Wikipedia look when user:Jesus is Lord! is one of the authors to
controversial subjects such as homosexuality and religion? That doesn't give
the impresion of neutrality that we want and its mere presence in RC is an
implicit way to welcome people of that POV while offending others who don't
share that POV. All just affirmative (bumper sticker-like) statements should
be banned from user names.
And yes, I am very much offended by the user name.
[[User:AIDS kills fags dead]] (if it existed) would be similarly "cute."
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)