On 8/18/05, Phroziac <phroziac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well, assuming he really is not a sockpuppet of
anyone, he probably
tried to use the name Ril, found it was in use, and put those dashes
in. If he looked at the profile of ril he would have noticed he was
banned, right?
You're expecting too much of someone new to the project creating a
username. When you have a preferred online 'handle' and you try to
register at a site and find your usual name is taken, would you just
try a variation on it? I think most of us would. I doubt he looked
at the user's page - he just got a 'that name already exists' at the
account creation screen.
Anyway, it's probably a bad idea to use any name
excessively similar to anyone elses name, in my opinion. But yes, you
are somewhat right, and we should assume the name is in good faith.
(Is that enough to force a name change by the way, assuming he
survives arbcom?)
No, it is not. We do not enforce any 'names must be sufficiently
dissimilar' rule between two active users; it would be wrong to make
the names of banned users MORE protected than those who contribute to
the project.
-Matt