On Jan 24, 2008 2:10 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)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."
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Chris Howie
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