Charles Matthews wrote:
"Ray Saintonge" wrote
It's not about "troll-culture"; (whatever that is); it's about the right to choose a name. The poisoned atmosphere comes the self-righteous crowd that goes around making all these petty complaints.
If you don't _know_ troll-culture, that would be a bit of a disqualification?
No right to choose an in-your-face-name. What has that to do with writing an encyclopedia?
That last point is the important one. If someone chooses an in-your-face name I am not likely to complain about the name, but I admit that I will look at his edits more critically than if he had chosen something less controversial. If his edits are consistently fair and satisfactory I will eventually ignore the name, and no-one will have noticed how much scrutiny I have applied to those edits.
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