tarquin about Ed's unhypothetical hypothetical:
Well it's not hypothetical any more: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%3AFucking_Asshole
Could we have a vague policy that profanity is not okay for user names? (vague because people's idea of profanity doesn't always match -- we'd have to decide on a case by case basis)
Throbbing Monster Cock points out that [[fisting]] or whatever is in the wikipedia so his username is really no different. Well, it is: [[fisting]] does not edit other articles, showing up on Recent Changes a hundred times a day or more.
I don't mind the name, really. I had a brief chuckle & then went on with my business--but I can see how other people would mind the name (and apparently do, as his talk page emphasises).
kq