Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Sun, 24 May 2009, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >> I CFJ on: "The nickname 'Goethe' unambiguously identifies the player >> who generally sends messages to the list from the address >> 'ke...@u.washington.edu'." > > Sure it does. So does "Kerim" or "G." or maybe "G" at the moment. > > Using a nick (or in this case a nick for a nick) that a player > selects for emself (when doing so is not a burden for the > recordkeepor due to length or overfrequent switches) is simply a > mark of respect, courtesy and politeness. You can choose > whether it suits your purposes to use such manners when you play.
My view is that Goethe is in fact what you selected for yourself, and unless you express a serious desire not to be addressed by that name (I do not believe that changing your nick to a series of random buzzwords expresses a serious desire to be addressed by that name rather than Goethe), I don't go wrong by addressing you by that name. If you seriously want me to address you by that name (likewise, if Warrigal and ehird seriously wish to be addressed by Tom and Arnold, respectively), then I will, though I will likely have to abbreviate the longer names. > And coppro, I apologize for the earlier semi-pledge. If it > suits your purposes, such as they are, to use a previous name > for me, I'm happy to overlook it. I'll probably forget > sometimes too. Hopefully I'm popular enough that I don't need your vote. :P -coppro
