LDan wrote:
>Our contributers have views, all of them. Just
>because someone's views are expressed in
>their username doesn't mean they should be
>banned.
Where did I say that they should be banned? Changing a user name does not ban
the user. Think of it as a dress code; the great majority of employers do not
allow their employees to wear shirts expressing controversial opinions. Why?
Because it is disruptive and creates divisiveness in the workplace.
>If people didn't like wikipedia because usernames
>might reveal something about them, then shouldn't I
>change my username to something not implying I'm a
>child? After all, children, just like christians,
>can't write good encyclopedia articles.
Where did that come from? Please lay off the straw men.
>You're offended because someone is expressing
>that view? I'm against religion is school, but this is
>like telling people they can't say they have a religion
>when they're in the classroom.
Saying something on a talk page or a mailing list post is rather different
from having your name itself make a POV statement /all the time/ in every
context.
>Jesus is Lord! is just a slogan,
And a slogan does not a user name make. It is s /slogan/, not a name. A slogan
servers a POV evocative purpose while a name serves a nominative one.
>and it's not like telling people "You have
>to believe in Jesus, otherwise you're going
>to go to hell".
Funny, I get told that often by people who wear "Jesus is Lord!" t-shirts.
Simply put; user names should not be slogans.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)