[Discuss] An inappropriate name?

[Josiah Allen]

Luke Skywalker, unless on FEI, seems acceptable to me. He is a dramatic 
character in a story, and someone is paying homage to that character.

On 9/12/05, Jonathon Taylor <its_never_enough at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >IMHO we should all calm down about names. They're just names. Judge
> >people based on their behaviour unless it is a very, VERY bad name
> >("FuckYouAll", say, would certainly qualify for a ban).
> >
> >In case of doubt - leave him alone.
> >
> >In dubio pro reo.
> 
> I have to agree there.
> 
> The only time I would ask for an OOC ban to take place when a character 
> has
> been explicitly made to riddicule, like in Toms example. Or when its 
> clearly
> been taken from another fictional series/game or what not directly. I.e in
> one realm I am in, just recently some one called Obi Wan Jedi (Jedi being
> family name) and another character of the same family called Yoda were
> created.
> 
> These ask for an OOC ban instantly because as much there isn't anything
> wrong with the customisation of names of idols, or simply characters from
> programs/games you enjoy. Something like Lukk SunWalker could be deemed as
> ok in my eyes. But I certainly wouldn't hesitate OOC banning a Luke
> Skywalker. Namely because its so likly some one else will try and have the
> exact same name at some point down the line. And people not inventive 
> enough
> to create one of there own, or simply customise another shouldn't be given
> the benefit of the doubt.
> 
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