Gah! All these people changing their names! Chaos! Confusion! Brain hurt!

I take my stand now: I will always ALWAYS be Miracleman!

...unless...Well, being called Captain Marvel would be cool...

...or Mister Mind. Or Dr. Sivana, what with the monkeys and zombies...ooh! Gargunza!

...make the bad thoughts stop...

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Not trying to be facetious, but we can't cater to the most neurotic, and we can't cater to hypothetical feelings.

Here's where I'm coming from, and of course, as I'm a moderately active poster I'd expect to be visible.

The culture of this board seems to me to place a high emphasis on privacy. While this could be subjective, the anxiety expressed when there's an influx of new posters and the much appreciated safeguards against spiders for a large part of the database confer this general assumption.

Publishing a poster list that doesn't require registration is a significant adjustment. Even though we're just talking about a list, and the info isn't confidential per se, for someone used to that protective screen of lurderdom, it can be jarring. (I have been that person in the past, for example, when I was being stalked. It's one of the reasons I'm still very cautious about using my real name on boards)

So, I don't think it takes neurosis to be concerned about this issue, nor is it coddling to consider it when coming to a decision. Particularly when we have a number of posters who do use their given names.

If it's important to make the change, I suggest posting in press to see if there are enough objections to generate a vote. Weary as I'm sure that prospect makes many of you.

I don't see that the benefit outweighs the potential issues, myself. Much as I appreciate the effort Gus put into coding it, I'd like to leave out an openly available list.

Looks like the tide is rolling away from the list idea. It was just a little nicety, anyway. I'll take down the example site, but hang on to the code that builds the display pages, in case some utility might emerge for it. If a "profile central" notion does come about, the names in the lists can easily be converted to links to the user's profile.

When we were going through all the set up, there was talk about what to do, if a ballot fell over a holiday, etc. I don't know how many people will be absent over Passover. I do know Wolfram is one, and expressed interest in the vote. When we had our discussions, did we ever decide to make accomodations for holidays, etc., or did we just talk about it, but not arrive at a conclusion.

Passover's over, AFAIK, and voting is still open.

I'm just saying, knowing there's a poster named "Stan" doesn't tell us a dang thing about "Stan."

Oh, and part two of the thing about the voting is, that's why the whole discussion and voting process takes a week: even if you're gone for the actual days of voting, you may have a chance to make your point in Lightbulbs, or vice versa.

"Mxplx*, The Grand High Minister of What Scrappy Said"

I have little to add to this discussion, other than the fact that I have personal objections to anybody else calling themselves the minister of anything. Not terribly strong objections, mind you, just enough to make this crack.

Once upon a time, I was Jess PMoon.

Okay, everybody changing their user name is making my brain hurt.

When we were going through all the set up, there was talk about what to do, if a ballot fell over a holiday, etc. I don't know how many people will be absent over Passover.

For the record, Nilly has voted. Wolfram has not.

I'm just saying, knowing there's a poster named "Stan" doesn't tell us a dang thing about "Stan."

I understand that, Victor. It's more an issue of perception than actual exposure.

I think it's possible that Wolfram is out of town and away from a computer all this week, which is a bummer, but there's never going to be a time period where every single person can vote. And it's not like Passover by itself keeps you off the computer -- it's the staying with family part that does it.

Passover's over, AFAIK, and voting is still open.

It started Monday night and is 8 days outside of Israel (7 within). The first two and last two days (outside Israel) are the big days on which no work is permitted.

Oh, and part two of the thing about the voting is, that's why the whole discussion and voting process takes a week: even if you're gone for the actual days of voting, you may have a chance to make your point in Lightbulbs, or vice versa.

Okay, I couldn't remember. I have this dim memory of us delaying a ballot for someone, for something, but no specifics. I could just be remembering someone's hypothetical.