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