rednblack@alum.mit.edu wrote:
Thoughts?
Well, most nicknames are just that, nicknames, and harmless. And if people want to be anonymous, that's fine with me. None of my business who anybody "really" is. But nicknames with an agenda, especially an agenda to offend, are not in the non-NPOV spirit.
Such things are great on sites where they belong. I curse like a sailor, in the proper context. I'm not stranger to offensive humor, either. Get me on a roll, and I could have the Pope laughing at pregnant Nun jokes.
But that's not the kind of environment we want in a serious encyclopedia project. We're doing something here more important than goofing around on the net.
--Jimbo