> From: Matthew Woodcraft <mattheww(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk>
> Daniel Mayer wrote:
>> 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.
> I think this is a good analogy.
> And, as Wikipedia is not our employer, I think imposing a dress code is
> inappropriate.
OK, I'll bite.
So how would Wiki contributors who are born-again Christians (or other
equally fervent varieties) feel about the hypothetical username
"ThereIsNoG-dButAllah"? (One of the main tenets of Islam, dontchankow.)
(For those who don't know, the "-" is for Orthodox Jews, who do not like to
see the name of the deity written out in full.)
I mean, they are really perfect mirrors - TINGBA asserts that all other
beliefs are false, and JiL also basically makes the same statement.
I really like Mav's analogy - and please note that the dress code he speaks
of wasn't about collars, it was about "expressing controversial opinions".
Noel