[opensource-dev] display names = the end of 1.x viewers? Correction

[Bryon Ruxton]

On 8/19/10 7:20 PM, "Argent Stonecutter" <secret.argent at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2010-08-19, at 14:09, Michael Schlenker wrote:
>> Its a special case of the general case, i didn't check but I'm pretty sure
>> 'Agent Smith' is taken by someone. If it is and you
>> had your way it would not be possible to use that name.
> 
> Yes. So?
Argent, Keep in mind once the feature is implemented:
One will be able to choose "Captain America"
with captain.america becoming his unique username.
And it wouldn't be fair to prevent anyone else to RP "Captain America" as
his display name. So if there is a restriction it can only be on current/old
"First.Last" usernames, which are unlikely to create such conflicts.

CORRECTION:
Actually the username will be "captainamerica" not captain.america, my bad.
Which makes it impossible to even know where the space was past the first
Display Name change, since it won't be saved. You can't choose to restrict
"Capt Ainamerica" or "Captaina Merica" on the basis of that username.
It becomes completely impractical at that stage...
That said it'd be nice if earlier residents get the benefit of having their
"nromal" legacy name protected as a plus for the inconvenience caused...