I think at least in voting pages and policy discussion pages etc, hiding the real username should be considered harmful.
--Optim
--- Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
There are all sorts of reasons that people may have for using pseudonyms in different circumstance, and I don't usually feel bothered by it. The best way to avoid the problem in connection with voting is to minimize the use of votes, most of which are a source of friction anyway. Even fewer votes should be binding.
Ec
Optim wrote:
I suggest to prohibit users from changing
their
displayed username when they vote, discuss or participate in talk pages.
It creates confusion and I find this action highly suspicious.
For example a user may have the username "Blablabla" but he/she signs with "Mr12356".
Somebody could have a user account "Blablabla" and sign as "Optim". The link, of course, will lead to User:Blablabla... We can still investigate who wrote what by examining the username link.
But those who don't examine the links, will
Why people do this thing?
If somebody wants to hide his/her username,
how
can I trust him/her or pay attention to
his/her
vote or message?
May I call you (those who hide their name) to stop this behaviour, please?
If you just want to individualise your sign,
you
can do that with HTML, colours or whatever...
but
please let your username intact... So that we
can
know who votes or talks without having to
examine
the links.
Don't put "masks" on your usernames. I find
this
action as antisocial.
Because I notice several users, both new and
old
ones, who do that, I suggest to make a new
policy
in order to prohibit this phenomenon.
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