[Wikipedia-l] Re: PROPOSED: Prohibition of alternate displayable usernames

[Anthere]

Optim a écrit:
> yes we need flexibility.
> 
> As I said the proposed prohibition seeks to
> prevent malicious behaviour and not to make our
> life difficult.
> 
> many people "mask" their usernames but they don't
> have malicious intention. Most of them use the
> same "mask" all the time.
> 
> If we can have a consensus that a policy
> regarding "masked" usernames is needed, we can
> start discussing the details and formulate the
> policy so that it will be flexible and will not
> make our life difficult.
> 
> Also, nobody will be "prosecuted" until the
> policy will be in effect. And of course the
> policy should be well-formulated in order to
> avoid misunderstandings and "prosecution" of
> non-malicious users.
> 
> How could we distinguish malicious from
> non-malicious behaviour with a formulated policy
> (i.e. without human judgement) ?
> 
> --Optim

I think that a policy here would be inappropriate. Common sense is 
appropriate. Please, do not turn Wikipedia in something worse that 
french administration. Too many policies, kill the policies that really 
matter :-)