Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Hackage accounts and real names

2010/4/6 :

On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:06:27 +1000, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:

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I've been over this thread and couldn't see anywhere where you'd made an attempt to refute these arguments, so I guess you take them as solid. On the other hand, every argument put forward by the pro-restriction group has been picked at and argued against by those against the restriction. That is not a stalemate.

A stalemate occurs when people disagree rather than one side having more compelling arguments.  For example, I understand and respect your arguments; I just don't find them compelling enough (since I find it a pain trying to match up different nicks, etc.; though this is to do with the inconsistency you mention above). So, what's next? Ban anyone hiding behind a nickname on the mailing list? On IRC? On wiki? This will bring you consistency. As a side effect, it will bring to the Haskell community the fame of being one of the most inadequate open source communities.

http://lambda-the-ultimate.org is one lovely community that has that restriction: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/policies#Policies Actually, it's one of the best communities I know. I also think that many haskell-cafe readers agree on that. I also think that what is appropriate for mailing list is not appropriate for collective blog or site like hackage.