I know nothing of the mechanics of these things, but
could the
aforementioned list be the page [[Wikipedia:List of offensive usernames]]
itself? That way, whenever someone is offended by a name, they can just
add it to that page, and no banning or further intervention by the
developers would be needed. The page would probably need to be protected,
to prevent people from removing their own usernames, and the rule would be
that people's usernames would only be added when there was a consensus to
do so. Could that be done?
Bad idea. Don't challenge people with technology that is inherently
flawed, they will only try to overcome it (and succeed). We just need a
quick nickname change policy where we fix these problems without having to
get Jimbo's approval first. (My understanding is that we already have
established that we can do this, but Brion thinks we need to wait.)
Don't exaggerate this problem. I do not want it to become a breeding
ground for general hysteria about "foul" language.
Regards,
Erik