by positron » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:08 am
[quote="Lane"]
Back to the topic at hand... A better solution may be to allow only one name change per x-month timeframe, and append "formerly known as..." to that person's left-pane author info or to their signature for x months following. While I like to know someone's actual first name, I'm not a fan of trying to standardize names on first name + last initial or something similar. Not enough of a differentiator if you ask me when we'll be faced with author names of "John H", "John K", "John L", "John M", etc.
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^ + 1
allow changes at some time interval. Names may change but general tone/attitude do not.
Early on (for those of us with little imagination..) names tended to be "Atomic" like. The time of joy, wonder, and communal anticipation of one's build no longer exists. I think the last one I remember was apollyon25's build. It was something we all shared and had in common.. we seem to have less and less..
[quote="Lane"]
Back to the topic at hand... A better solution may be to allow only one name change per x-month timeframe, and append "formerly known as..." to that person's left-pane author info or to their signature for x months following. While I like to know someone's actual first name, I'm not a fan of trying to standardize names on first name + last initial or something similar. Not enough of a differentiator if you ask me when we'll be faced with author names of "John H", "John K", "John L", "John M", etc.
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^ + 1
allow changes at some time interval. Names may change but general tone/attitude do not.
Early on (for those of us with little imagination..) names tended to be "Atomic" like. The time of joy, wonder, and communal anticipation of one's build no longer exists. I think the last one I remember was apollyon25's build. It was something we all shared and had in common.. we seem to have less and less..