On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:46:25 -0700, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net>
gave utterance to the following:
james duffy wrote:
This might seem a small point now, as we
don't have that many
controversial user nics. But as wiki grows the number of new users and
usernics will rocket. If two or three people use them and get away with
it, the likelihood is that more new members will follow, on the basis
that 'if he can call himself 'x', then I will call myself 'y'.'
Sooner
or later we will face the problem. It makes sense to do it now, with
the small community, than try to deal with it when there are twice or
three times as many users, by which time offence may already have been
caused to some, and potential wikipedians frightened off by the
impression given by the unfortunate use of badly chosen names.
Any observations?
My observation on these names is that most of these users have an
attention span that matches their social grace. Once [[User:Adolf
Hitler]] has joined us, he is not likely to stay long. His usage of the
name, however, means that all others are blocked from using that name
in the future. The problem will effectively solve itself without the
need for more rules.
Then why doesn't someone senior and responsible simply create all the user
names we think are offensive, effectively removing them from circulation.
Would this create a problem with user:talk pages?
--
Richard Grevers
Between two evils always pick the one you haven't tried