On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 10:36 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 4:44 AM juan via agora-discussion > <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > Note that the "free choice" is qualified by the need to "pick em out > in the full range of Agoran contexts". The Scroll, in particular, is > a living document, and the original Blob has several entries - it > would be equally rude to the original Blob to change eir name notation > in the Scroll and other historical documents, to disambiguate em from > an entirely new player. So we need to balance that, hopefully in a > friendly way. I'll also note that the original Blob turned up for > Agora's 20th anniversary (and earned an Agora XX badge), and there's a > slight change with the 30th coming up... > > Of course, the easiest way to come to consensus (and the nicest, least > rude solution) is to go by what the person wants. But in the case > where it produces a confusing nickname, we can ask (very nicely) the > new player to choose something that's unambiguous[0]. There's been > several of those sorts of conversations with new players over the > years, and in all cases so far the new player has voluntarily modified > their nickname. But if e fails to do that, each officer would need to > come to their own conclusion which could get a little messy. > I, being the new player, totally agree with this. I would be more than willing to put some sort of marker in front of my name, as others in the past have done. How should I go about changing my name--or how have others in the past done it?
