On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 12:53 +0200, David Picón Álvarez wrote: > From: "Jonatan Kilhamn" <[email protected]> > > By whom? > > By myself I guess. I wish to register as a player on my own name. If I > understand rule 869 correctly. >
I call for judgement on the statement "It is POSSIBLE for a player to register with a nickname that was used by a now-deregistered former player." (It's relevant here; there was a player in 2001 also called David.) Arguments: The third paragraph of rule 2170 might imply that this is illegal (but possible); on the other hand, a player who deregistered in 2001 is hardly likely to have been mentioned within the past three months, except in historical information. (Sometimes a long-deregistered player comes up in discussion, though, such as Andre and eir null patent title in one recent case, or of course the First Speaker.) Of course, even if it does turn out to be illegal, I don't think the new player can be considered guilty of anything, it's almost certainly UNAWARE-equivalent. @David: Don't worry, new player registrations nearly always cause some sort of chaos. That's the nature of nomic... -- ais523
