On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 16:16, Throbbing Monster Cock wrote:
The one true voice of power associated with
Wikipedia,
Jimbo, has ruled. That ruling is that my account will
be deleted.
Or rather, renamed. You're not being banned from editing.
Finally, I'll point out that Brion is correct
that
deciding to adjucate the offensiveness of usernames is
just opening a whole new can of worms.
You're probably thinking of someone else. All I said on the subject was
that if you treat the typing-saving convenience feature that is the
signature nickname as a functional replacement of the username, whatever
issues you have with usernames automatically slide onto the nicknames;
ergo "censor the nicks not the usernames and use the nicknames
everywhere" is a null solution.
Personally I am not offended by wacky usernames such as the one in
question and think little of people who are, but I'm not nearly as
concerned about "censorship" of *usernames* as I would be about
censorship of *encyclopedic content* or banning of *contributors* who
are clearly making a good-faith effort to help the project.
This is not an issue of "censorship" so much as one of a professional
dress-code. This is a serious project; try to look sharp.
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)