Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Candidates/Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry

Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry

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Note on the copyright question

Just to clarify that this is not a loaded question - I haven't looked at your past contribs at this point and have no cause of concern. My question is purely hypothetical. MLauba ^(Talk) 15:07, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Discussion of Jehochman's question

I think that bureaucrats should require that any well known editor who renames should create a doppleganger account for the old username to prevent vandals from usurping the name and using it for silly games. Sure, a vandal can register any name the like, but a username that is well-known and respected is more valuable than one that nobody has every heard of before. Many users could be temporarily fooled while subtle vandalism and trolling could be committed. Jehochman ^Talk 13:12, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

That's a good idea, but I think there are a few problems in the implementation. When I first changed my username, I wasn't very well known or particularly experienced - so potentially it'd need to be expanded to anyone who wished to change their username. We'd need to define 'well known' as a starting point. It also raises the problem of what to do with usernames like - to take HawkerTyphoon for an example - Hawkertyphoon, Hawkértyphoon, Hawkertypboon, Hawker Typhoon etc. Do we doppelgang these aswell? If so, where do we draw the line on similar usernames? Is there the potential of running out of accounts, or of encouraging vandals to come up with even more inventive usernames? It's a good idea, but I think there may be easier ways of preventing this from happening. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 13:28, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Those are good points. My concern is that when you say your former account was HawkerTyphoon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and somebody casually clicks on your block log link, it looks like you're a sock of a banned user, when in fact, you are not! Good luck with the election. Best regards, Jehochman ^Talk 16:53, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps we can sort out a template or the like for it: that might be the easiest way to go. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 20:18, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

I added a note to the block log of that sock account to clarify that it is not in any way related to you. This parallels what was done for the usurped Messedrocker account. Jehochman ^Talk 20:26, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Jehochman :-) Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 22:08, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Note

I'll be at GLAM-WIKI tomorrow and Saturday, and won't have much day for questions. I believe I have one outstanding, which I'll get to ASAP. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 02:00, 26 November 2010 (UTC)