[WikiEN-l] User names

Tue Oct 14 05:19:33 UTC 2003

Toby wrote:
>The same goes for comments on talk pages, 
>edit summaries, and, yes, even usernames.

Which are still covered by our etiquette and usernames polices. If somebody 
makes a pest of themselves and wastes our time and energy that would 
otherwise go into creating an encyclopedia, then they must change or leave 
for the good of the project. And this /whole/ episode has misdirected a great 
deal of time and effort that would otherwise have gone into creating content. 

As Martin said about our volunteer effort: 
"But with that work comes responsibility."

Choosing a username that offends is not a responsible thing to do. 

User names should only play a nominative role, not a provocative one where 
slogans, insults and POV statements reign free. 

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)