Am Dienstag 06 April 2010 14:57:30 schrieb Heinrich Apfelmus: > Edward Z. Yang wrote: > > This is a pretty terrible reason, but I'm going to throw it out there: > > I like real names because they're much more aesthetically pleasing. > > I agree, and this is why I phased out "apfelmus" in favor of the > pseudonym "Heinrich Apfelmus".
If it's a pseudonym, you should've chosen "Marcus Apfelmus" - or did you never read Asterix? > > So, a more accurate policy would be to accept not only real names, but > also names that look like they're real, i.e. aesthetically pleasing noms > de plumes. I support that, with exceptions for "sufficiently well known" nicks (Gour spoke out; before you changed it, apfelmus fell into that category, a few others come to mind, but not many). > > > Regards, > Heinrich Apfelmus _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
