On 5/31/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/31/06, Peter Ansell ansell.peter@gmail.com wrote:
Personally I do not see what the deal about having official titles in user names is. If I were american I may take offense to someone putting those down. Personally I think it would not be confusing at all to have Prime Minister Howard as a user name, although I do not see the point in it as it is obviously not him contributing, he had a country to run. John Howard on the other hand would only be allowable if it were the persons actual name (and it is a common name in australia).
I don't think it's all that obvious. Do you know, without looking, whether "rmstallman" is really Richard Stallman? Would you expect user:Howard Stern to be really be him?
Ultimately, famous names *are* disruptive, because some people will be duped, and others will waste time checking.
Steve
Is General Eisenhower aka, Dwight Eisenhower, still alive? Would it be logical for someone to mistake this user with the famous american? Famous live people may be disruptive, but how famous is famous?
Peter Ansell
Peter Ansell