[WikiEN-l] Usernames: sense of proportion
Mark Richards
marich712000 at yahoo.com
Fri May 7 18:34:09 UTC 2004
Agreed.
Mark
--- dpbsmith at verizon.net wrote:
> Seems me to be stretching a point _considerably_ to
> object to someone's
> username on the basis of it containing the substring
> "troll".
>
> Even if we grant a) that usernames that are
> obviously likely to give gross
> offense need to be dealt with, and b) that serious
> trolling behavior gives
> gross offense to Wikipedians, it does NOT follow
> that c) usernames containing
> the substring "troll" are grossly offensive to
> Wikipedians.
>
> Continuing to belabor this point: someone whose
> username contains the word
> "troll," who does not, in fact, troll, is not a
> problem. Someone whose
> username does not contain the word troll, who does,
> in fact, troll, is a
> problem.
>
> It's fair enough to assume that someone with a
> trollish username might be
> trying to send a signal, and should expect his/her
> activities to receive more
> attention than they might otherwise... but...
>
> Let's act on the basis of what people do, not what
> their usernames are.
>
> I beg to remain
> Yr. humble & obdt. servant
>
> The Comptroller
>
>
>
>
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