Agreed. As one of those whose name is frequently butchered due to our medium of communications (who knows how I want it pronounced until/unless you meet me or someone who's met me?), the criteria I use in judging offense is "Has this person ever been told by me how I prefer to be addressed? If not, then see step 1. If so, a mild reminder is in order." The mild reminders tend to escalate. After the point of reminder, common courtesy dictates extra care on the part of the person referring to you. My friend Aphaia did this very kindly with me years ago, and I have never gotten it wrong since, to my knowledge.
An exception: I'll be damned if I'm writing out ""Oliver Keyes, God of Delphi, Sol, and all Ethereal Planes Known and As-Yet Undiscovered" because I won't grant - in writing - my own claims to those ethereal planes. :-) pb ___________________ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org To check my email volume (and thus know approx how long it will take me to respond), go to http://courteous.ly/hpQmqy On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Thomas Morton <morton.tho...@googlemail.com > wrote: > I used to be really antsy over my name; to the point where, at school, I > refused to be taught by one teach for a time because she kept calling me > "Tom". Nowadays even I call myself that. > > Surely normal social convention applies; if someone raises the issue then > "Don't be a dick" and take extra care. Otherwise slip > ups/confusion/mistakes shouldn't be the end of the world... > > Tom > > (P.S. it now wierds me out when people call me Thomas... go figure :)) > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
