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I request you to reconsider allowing someone to create a handle that's already in use. At best it can cause confusion, at worst it's a recipe for impersonation (to quote Christopher Duncan).
Thanks,
/ravi
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See? The impersonation has started already! 
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Hey, that wasn't me who posted! 
/ravi
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It was me. 
Had you going for a moment though!
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D'oh! 
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I get it can cause problems, but I'm looking for some creative solutions.
If this is a problem too hard for our collective intelligence, so be it.
But I think it's not.
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If you disallowed it, would someone be able to change their name to (for example) this?
Chris Maunder
IMHO, I think display names should be plain text and unique.
/ravi
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The rules we use would be the same as we use now: comparison between a new name and an existing name is done by collapsing whitespaces, removing HTML and replacing "similar" characters (eg characters in other alphabets that look like English characters).
So Chris&Maunder would be marked as gray (and probably have an icon next to it showing it's a fakey).
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I'm very much pro that fake icon.
Could we also get a Display Name history in the profile?
Sometimes it's hard to keep track on who's who. Or should I post this in sugs'n'bugs?
Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.
Buckminster Fuller
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Just reserve a colour for dupe names, or put a dot in front of them. It doesn't have to be obtrusive, just known.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'd say that it would be a better idea to allow this feature only if the member has identified himself.
E.g. CP could send a letter containing a code to enter in order to verify a users identity, and only verified users would be able to have a double display name. Of course the verification would cost the user a bit, let's say 30$ should be sufficient to pay the administration cost and the postal service to deliver the letter pretty much anywhere in the world.
Veni, vidi, caecus
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Did you intentionally leave off the joke icon?
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Dis ain't no joke, brah!
Veni, vidi, caecus
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Marco Bertschi originally wrote: Yes.
Because there isn't a sarcasm icon, or because you're serious?
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I'm not serious, I'm Marco.
Well, you can't be really sure if I am really Marco, since my account is not verified. Just call me Marco.
Veni, vidi, caecus
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How about I call out Polo, will that get you to say your own name?
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Call out Paolo, Carlo, Pino, whoever you want.
Veni, vidi, caecus
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So are you filtering zero-width spaces yet?
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Chris Maunder wrote: If you haven't contributed a message or article, question or answer, your display name is plain text and it will be displayed in gray.
Chris, clearly you don't understand what gray is associated with on CP. May be a nother color but not gray.
Thanks.
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I think I have a fairly solid understanding of what gray is, and how it may, for instance, motivate someone to pick an actual unique name instead of sticking with a used name.
However, there are those that really wouldn't care. And that's fine.
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Chris Maunder wrote: for instance, motivate someone to pick an actual unique name
so, its like please abandon your actual name Chris Maunder & go with some random string or i gray you 
We might just need a
randomStringGenerator();
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Chris Maunder wrote: I think I have a fairly solid understanding of what gray is...
I can see it all now. CodeProject is responsible for 2 of the shades of gray...
Windows 8 is the resurrected version of Microsoft Bob. The only thing missing is the Fisher-Price logo.
- Harvey
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Sure. I bet there are thousands of people that have the same name as me and are frustrated that can't get a CP account 
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