Requiring full name to join ~launchpad-beta-testers

[Cyrus Jones]

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On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Ted Bradley <ted.bradley at freesurf.ch>
wrote:

> 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 at ubuntu.com> 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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