On 5/31/06, Peter Ansell <ansell.peter(a)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