Is there a roster of registered user names? One that's available to posters?
No, there isn't.
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em. Zoe: Shoot 'em? Mal: Politely.
'Serenity'
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
DXMachina - Apr 05, 2004 8:25:42 am PDT #9221 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Pix - Apr 05, 2004 8:33:48 am PDT #9222 of 10005
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I love Ginger's revision, despite the fact there is no registry to check.
Steph L. - Apr 05, 2004 8:39:55 am PDT #9223 of 10005
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
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.
Since there's no registry, maybe the wording could say something like "If you register and find that you're Jen #8, you can ask a Stompy to change your username to something more distinctive."
Dana - Apr 05, 2004 8:40:50 am PDT #9224 of 10005
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
You may feel cosmically drawn to the name @$sd_myxp12, but "What @$sd_myxp12 said" does not fall trippingly off the fingers.
Ha! Love this.
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.
Well, the board wouldn't let you register with the exact same name as an existing poster, right? Absent a registry of existing names....hmm.
amych - Apr 05, 2004 8:45:11 am PDT #9225 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
"If you register and find that you're Jen #8, you can ask a Stompy to change your username to something more distinctive."
Something like this is good. And I don't think Tiffany needs to worry about whether there's already a Tiffani and a Tiffanie registered -- just about whether there's one posting enough to be more or less well-known on the board. So maybe something to reinforce the "please lurk first" message like:
If your name is "Tiffany" and you notice during your lurking career that there's already a "Tiffani" posting, you might want to register as "Breakfast" instead. If you find afterward that you're one of a crowd, you can ask a Stompy to change your name to something that won't get you confused with anyone else.
Jessica - Apr 05, 2004 9:24:30 am PDT #9226 of 10005
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
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.
IIRC, there was a loose consensus way back when that, even if Tim Miner (Or Josh Whedon, etc) is your real name, you should choose a username that's less potentially confusing. (Personally, I think Tim M. or Josh W. would be fine.)
[eta that I'm also solidly behind requesting that people register with pronounceable names, but I don't think we should make too big a deal out of it.]
Michele T. - Apr 05, 2004 9:46:16 am PDT #9227 of 10005
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
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.
The board won't let you register as Tiffany if there is a Tiffany already on the lists, no?
Fred Pete - Apr 05, 2004 9:48:34 am PDT #9228 of 10005
Ann, that's a ferret.
The board won't let you register as Tiffany if there is a Tiffany already on the lists, no?
I would hope not. But my concern was more realted to "Tiffany T" and "TiffanyT" confusion.
amych - Apr 05, 2004 9:48:47 am PDT #9229 of 10005
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The board won't let you register as Tiffany if there is a Tiffany already on the lists, no?
Right. It's the potential for Tiffany/Tiffani/Tiffanie confusion that's the issue.
DXMachina - Apr 05, 2004 3:52:11 pm PDT #9230 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It's the potential for Tiffany/Tiffani/Tiffanie confusion that's the issue.
Turns out this may not be theoretical anymore.