Hi! I, too, got a few of these registrations. I did a quick search for some of the names on the list and discovered that all the surnames used in the nicknames seem to originate from this list: http://cns2.uni.edu/~okane/114/Physicians.txt
It may be interesting to hear of anyone got a nickname with a surname that is not on that list. I got only positive matches for the names you provided and for the seven names I had at hand. Might help to single out the 'bad' users. The first names seem to come from a different list ─ there are multiple results if you google for some of the more exotic names. On Friday 27 March 2009 15:05:28 Michael Grigutsch wrote: > Hi! > > It seems as if the registration bots have been improved to use more > ordinary nicknames for the registration. I have some strange registration > the last days, always using $name_$name as nick, e.g. suzanna_taggart, > evangeline_coldsmith, kendal_emrick... > > The accounts are not be used further after registration, some of them were > automatically deleted during daily maintenance as the user never logs in. > > Anyone else noticed that registrations? > > Best regards > > /MiGri
