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