Ray Saintonge wrote:
tarquin wrote:
Three options:
- remove the function (ie, exercise "dev power" and remove it for all
the well-behaved people) 2. allow sysops / devs to edit the nicknames of users who are abusing (sysop power) 3. suggest that *anyone* feel free to edit an instance of a signature that obscures the real user name, just by editing the wiki text. (people power)
I'd say go with 3.
I support 2. 3 is in fact the status quo, but it contains a lot of potential for abuse.
Sorry, but as I see it, nicknames are coded as [[Login|Nick]] if you use the sign functinality (~~~~). And e.g. Mozilla shows ''Login'' in this yellow floating popup. Where is the Problem?
If you don't sign properly, and write --FooBar that can't be prohibited. And ''official pages'' (SpecialPages etc.) should never use the nickname during display (exept Properties ;).
I personally don't need this feature, and I think it can be very confusing sometimes, but nothing of 1, 2, or 3 is needed, IMHO. If someone uses offending words (as nickname) thats another matter, and can solved in better ways.
As long as the Wikipedia shows the real names (during diffs etc.), it's very very annoying to look after some stupid nicks. And discussions if Foo can mixed up with Foò .. sorry, but someone who _can_ read is clearly in advance.
my 2 cents (EUR)