My problem is that there are so many new posters joining at once that I'm having a hard time keeping them all straight.
DX, it's surely one of the first rules of Stompiehood that "Thou shalt not slash the Newbies".
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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
billytea - Apr 07, 2004 9:58:28 am PDT #9428 of 10005
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Maria - Apr 07, 2004 10:01:34 am PDT #9429 of 10005
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I have no idea if this is possible, but couldn't some code be written to scour through the current members and alert the person trying to register (registree?) that his/her chosen name is already taken.
The list would be unnecessary at that point, and new folks won't have to ask a Stompy to change anything. Granted, that wouldn't eliminate the problem with similar names, but it's one less thing to worry about. We're not really trying to change the culture; think of it as tweaking to make it better.
Dana - Apr 07, 2004 10:02:33 am PDT #9430 of 10005
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
but couldn't some code be written to scour through the current members and alert the person trying to register (registree?) that his/her chosen name is already taken.
I feel 99% certain in saying that the system already won't let you register with an exact duplicate.
JenP - Apr 07, 2004 10:04:27 am PDT #9431 of 10005
I feel 99% certain in saying that the system already won't let you register with an exact duplicate.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I tried "Jen" first, and I was notified that there already was one.
Jon B. - Apr 07, 2004 10:24:26 am PDT #9432 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I feel 99% certain in saying that the system already won't let you register with an exact duplicate.
I've got the other 1% covered.
§ ita § - Apr 07, 2004 10:38:53 am PDT #9433 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's the near misses (honest or not), Maria, the Tim Minaers and the KristenT's that'll confuse.
Typo Boy - Apr 07, 2004 10:42:57 am PDT #9434 of 10005
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
wrong thread for content free banter. So, yeah I'm with Allyson's paragraph.
Jess M. - Apr 07, 2004 10:45:23 am PDT #9435 of 10005
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
Jess M., JessPMoon, Jesse, and JesseBelle (who I imagine must wear a pink cowboy hat).
I got listed first! I got listed first!
I freakin' LOVE DX!
Pix - Apr 07, 2004 10:51:10 am PDT #9436 of 10005
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I will be very grumpy if a KristenT registers. I will try to be at least as gracious as Kristen was when I showed up, though. (She was very gracious.)
Maria - Apr 07, 2004 11:00:49 am PDT #9437 of 10005
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Gotcha. In that case, the current method seems to be doing the job. If people are getting squicky feelings about a master member list then change is probably not a good thing.
It's not like we've come up against a significant problem yet, even with the influx of new folks.