On Jan 24, 2008 2:10 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Or add a preferences field "name for attribution." I personally would rather edit under a pseudonym but if I were given credit I would prefer my real name to be used.
Where would the pseudonym be used if not for crediting you for your edits? Signatures are already customisable, that just leaves the title of your user page and non-History log entries - hardly things worth having a separate name for.
I wasn't suggesting changing the display name on e.g. history, just more of an "if this thing goes to print" attribution. There are many cases where having separate names makes sense. For example, if two editors have the same name. They will need different account names, but may both want to be credited as "John Doe."