[WikiEN-l] User names (snip)

Tue Oct 14 18:57:08 UTC 2003

Stevertigo wrote:
> >>system command, and not a wiki edit.
Ray claimed:
> >Not a wiki edit! Aha! therfore not subject to POV
> rules. :-)
Dante Alighieri pounced:

> But, since the Wiki software keeps track of every
> edit by username, a  username becomes a part of
EVERY edit that the user makes. Therefore, while 
> CHOOSING the name isn't a wiki edit, every
> subsequent edit has the name 
> imbedded. This makes it subject to NPOV rules...
> assuming that the person 
> makes at least one edit ever... and if they don't,
> what's the point in arguing?

Dante is right. This whole thread is silly. To say
that wikipedians shouldnt have a means to enforce NPOV
in usernames is essentially saying "lets ask Jimbo to
handle each and every case."

~S~ 

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