"Parodying other people's names (whether real or adopted) is tacky. We ask that you don't do it."
Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.
'Bring On The Night'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Betsy HP - Dec 26, 2002 6:37:37 pm PST #1435 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Connie Neil - Dec 26, 2002 6:37:40 pm PST #1436 of 10001
brillig
Welcome to the real world, folks. Possibly a statement of "We suspect you're not who you're almost pretending to be, so we may mock your efforts to look important."
DXMachina - Dec 26, 2002 6:37:53 pm PST #1437 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
He didn't though. It's more like he registered as David Fruy (edit: or as Tim Minaer). It's a deliberate misspelling.
Christ on a crutch.
Rob - Dec 26, 2002 6:38:51 pm PST #1438 of 10001
I say, if any stompy foot doesn't like a user name, they can shut it down. Anyone who doesn't like it can go somewhere else.
P.M. Marc - Dec 26, 2002 6:39:03 pm PST #1439 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
What if it's ... David Furious, or Joss Sweden, or say (and this is where we leave the realm of hypothesis) Tim Minaer?
I say we do as the Jockey Club and disallow names which are too close to names of Famous Horses to be used. (Which is why you won't see any Seebiskits or Secretaryuts around, FWIW.)
Betsy HP - Dec 26, 2002 6:39:32 pm PST #1440 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Okay, but if we start breeding Buffistas for speed, I'm outta here.
§ ita § - Dec 26, 2002 6:39:37 pm PST #1441 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay. Can someone draft an e-mail, I'll send it, and freeze the account so he can't activate it.
Also, in terms of cleanup, there are about 50 unvalidated accounts. I think it would be tidy to have an "activate within 2 weeks" (or days, really) condition, so one could sweep through and clean up what fell through the cracks.
Betsy HP - Dec 26, 2002 6:40:31 pm PST #1442 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Dear Sir,
Your username is easily confused with that of Tim Minear, who posts here regularly. This account will not be activated. Please pick a username that isn't likely to cause confusion.
DXMachina - Dec 26, 2002 6:40:38 pm PST #1443 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
As long as we're on the subject, what about offensive names? Do we let folks register as "Fuckface" or something similar?
Connie Neil - Dec 26, 2002 6:41:20 pm PST #1444 of 10001
brillig
Continual polite reminders that he's misspelled his name?