[WikiEN-l] Usernames: sense of proportion

[Ray Saintonge]

Charles Matthews wrote:

>"Ray Saintonge" wrote
>
>>It's not about "troll-culture"; (whatever that is); it's about the right
>>to choose a name.  The poisoned atmosphere comes the self-righteous
>>crowd that goes around making all these petty complaints.
>>
>
>If you don't _know_ troll-culture, that would be a bit of a
>disqualification?
>
>No right to choose an in-your-face-name.  What has that to do with writing
>an encyclopedia?
>
That last point is the important one.  If someone chooses an 
in-your-face name I am not likely to complain about the name, but I 
admit that I will look at his edits more critically than if he had 
chosen something less controversial.  If his edits are consistently fair 
and satisfactory I will eventually ignore the name, and no-one will have 
noticed how much scrutiny I have applied to those edits.

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