Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
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
On the registration page, where we ask people not to use names of various talent, we could also say that it has been board culture to use real names or names that sound real and that we feel it contributes to conversation and a feeling of community.
Only, you know, less pompous.
I'd certainly have felt odd as a delurker if I were the only one with a Horse_With_No_Name style handle as my user name. So, you know, I would have liked the pointer... if I weren't one of those freaks who often uses her own name.
if I weren't one of those freaks who often uses her own name.
What sort of freak would do a thing like that?
On the whole, the names don't concern me--most of these new folks are just passing through.
FWIW, nobody thinks Nutty is my real name. Even when I was "Nutty Vee", nobody thought Vee was my real name. I'm totally upfront about pseuding -- but I do try to be consistent and not gimmicky, and use my pseud the way most people use nicknames, which might be more to the point where the unease about pseuds is concerned.
Okay, I was Nutley for a couple of days once. It was a brief flirtation with New Jersey.
we could also say that it has been board culture to use real names or names that sound real and that we feel it contributes to conversation and a feeling of community.
Worth a thought, but I'm not sure I'd go that far. Some pseudonyms do grab the imagination.
I'm more worried about confusion. If "Buffista X" is an established poster, it's only fair to ask "BuffistaX" to pick a new name.
I'm not sure how to address people with the same names as celebrities. I mean, anyone who's name is honest-to-God "Ronald McDonald" has enough problems in life.
We do OK with all the Jesses. By which I mean the plural of "Jess" not "Jesse." I'm just saying.
True, we aren't easily confused. At least not since the Great David Debate.
Maybe I'm overthinking this one, and we can just deal with it if it happens without putting anything in the FAQ.
New topic: I think it would make sense if COMM'ed filk went on to the filk page rather than the BRQG. Thoughts?
Well, the filk will be going into the filk site anyway, along with the other one that got posted last night. And Daniel's sonnet.
I'm not sure how to address people with the same names as celebrities.
Yeah. I have a cousin who is a Buffy fan who, if he decided to register with his real name, could register as Tim M. It's a poser.
Yeah. I have a cousin who is a Buffy fan who, if he decided to register with his real name, could register as Tim M. It's a poser.
Ask him if he'd be averse to registering as "Timmay!"
How about something along the lines of:
Buffistas tend to choose user names that can be easily used in conversation. Sometimes they are people's real names or nicknames; sometimes they are the names they always wished their parents had the sense to give them. You may feel cosmically drawn to the name @$sd_myxp12, but "What @$sd_myxp12 said" does not fall trippingly off the fingers. To reduce confusion, please avoid the names of famous people, including ME writers, and the names of existing posters. For example, if your name is Tiffany and there is already a Tiffany on the board, pick a variation, whether it be TiffanyT or Breakfast.
