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

[Ted Bradley <ted.bradley@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please delete my e-mail address from your files - Thankyou

On Saturday 23 February 2008 17.22:28 Cyrus Jones wrote:
> 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).
>
> 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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