naming for javaranch is ridiculous

[david lightman]

seriously...

25% of the posts are moderators asking people to change their name to conform to their naming policy...
seems so goofy to me.

Having a naming convention is perfectly fine, but....i mean we are all programmers right?

so why not put validation within the register form?
so people MUST conform to your naming standards or they cannot register...

isn't that simple?

so goofy...
[ September 02, 2006: Message edited by: david lightman ]

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

The registration page does do some validation, but all it can do, really, is validate the "two names" part. It can't check for nonsense names, or celebrity names, etc. If have some code that can do this, I'd love to have a look!

I have no idea what "we're all programmers" means. "Programmers" are a very diverse bunch, including people from all over the globe, of several genders, and of all ages. One of the reasons for the naming policy is to try to put them on the same footing. While some people might be impressed by "javabunny673" or "Harry Johnson", other people will be put off. We find that using real names helps people act in a polite, civil, and respectful manner.

But all this has been discussed before; there's nothing new under the sun. Here is the canonical thread for discussing the naming policy; feel free to add to it.
[ September 02, 2006: Message edited by: Ernest Friedman-Hill ]

[Jeroen T Wenting]

So go ahead and show us all how simple it is to create a system that
1) checks whether names entered are first and last name at least
2) are not obvious fakes
3) and do this for names belonging in any culture and language

and oh, 4) make it performant so the check takes only a few milliseconds at most.

[Ilja Preuss]

We really shouldn't duplicate the discussion from the "official" thread here. Closing.