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?
If you want to hide your name, you can logoff and
write as an anonymous IP address. Or change your
username, or don't sign, or create more user
accounts, or go to... {CENSORED} :)
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.
--Optim
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