Daniel Mayer wrote:

We are creating a product that is used by a great many people with many, many,

I'm not. I'm bitching and writing stuff when I feel like it because I have to much free time on my hands and so do the rest of you!

unique POVs. Having usersnames that are POV slogans as being attributed authors to that body of knowledge is going to disparage our work and put its neutrality in question.

I don't care much about people who judge a book based on its cover, or on who wrote it. If they* don't feel like reading it and/or publish it because of a username they can go write their own damn encyclopedia instead of leeching on our work.

* They, as in those fabled "downstream" users which we must protect against harm at all costs and who we are required to provide a free encyclopedia to, so that their stupid and annoying banners can get more hits.

BL