On 8/16/08, Sandahl sandahlb@gmail.com wrote:
I forget too. If I remember correctly, people didn't warn users as much back then. We didn't have WP:UAA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:UAA then. There wasn't as many admins either.
On the contrary I'd argue that the extra layer of bureaucracy for dealing with offensive user-names means that such users are more likely to be disregarded than blocked.
Of course if you do pursue it to the final round you can roll your eyes at the (very imaginative) explanations given by those who frequent user-name RFCs:
* '''Strong allow''', user is obviously a house-cat enthusiast. ~~~~
Do we need a "your user-name sucks, but I've got better things to do with my time" template?
—C.W.