Re: Requiring full name to join ~launchpad-beta-testers

["Cyrus Jones" <daradib@xxxxxxxxx>]

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I am going to make myself clear as I said before. And I would prefer
the response of some in charge of the Beta Testers team or Canonical.

Let me take a hypothetical example. Let me say me real, actual name
(like that on my passport) is not Cyrus Jones, but rather Inghstesrt
Gh Alberhisoneas. This name has no results on Internet search queries,
such as Google. Compare that with Cyrus Jones. There are plenty of
results on the Internet, although it is quite possible that other
people exist under that name as well. Why can't Cyrus Jones be used,
especially when it is an online identity. Even people who are only
comfortable with two realistic names should be satisified. For all
practical purposes, Cyrus Jones is the person's real name; Inghstesrt
Gh Alberhisoneas is both an awkward name and not mentioned. Could
someone in charge please respond?

Additionally, let us take the case of authors of books. Many used pen
names. Some used pen names to disguise themselves for a limited period
of time, like in the case of female writers like Charlotte Brontë.
However, other people like Samuel Langhorne Clemens used the pen names
permanently, making their pen name much more noticed and important as
their book writing identity than their real name. Mark Twain vs.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Even though this is a well known example,
Mark Twain nearly 100 times as many as many results on a Google web
query in comparison with Samuel Langhorne Clemens. See the point?

As said before, is this some kind of registration where we need
background checks. Even if we accept the belief (which I don't
necessarily agree with) that a person must use their realistic name
(specifically two or three names), it is unbelievable that a realistic
pseudonym cannot be used, especially when no one can tell the
difference (and as in the hypothetical example, is the only name to
have a background on the Internet).

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On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Sarah Hobbs <hobbsee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Scott wrote:
>  > Sarah Hobbs wrote:
>  >> A name is just that - a means of representing someone.  So is a
>  >> nickname.  I don't see the difference,
>  >> but I'm aware that it makes some other people feel better, if they're
>  >> talking to someone who uses two
>  >> words to address themselves, instead of one.
>  >>
>  >
>  > Do those who use no one, not two, but THREE names get extra credit? ;)
>  >
>  > Strangely a number of devs are fond of both their first *and* middle names.
>  >
>  > I've always been intrigued by this. :)
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  I have no idea :)  I've been known to use three names myself (Flying
>  Spaghetti Monster) for my IRC for a long time.  Perhaps i'll go back to
>  doing that one day...
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>  Hobbsee
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