[Discuss] Inappropiete names, and measures

[Timothy Collett]

On Sep 1, 2006, at 8:13 AM, Björn Falkenström wrote:

> One of my characters was recently elected ruler in a realm on the  
> far east so I started paying alot of attention. A character named  
> "Girlpower" joins the realm. I think it was a very inappropiete  
> name but then we ended up in a whole large discussing if it was ok  
> to demand that the character was deleted and another, with a better  
> name, recreated. This is also Far East, where it is extra important.

I would say that "Girlpower" is an inappropriate name for the Far  
East, where a higher standard of realism/roleplay is expected, but  
nowhere else.  It's not like it's a concept that's likely to offend  
anyone.  Now, if someone came in calling themselves, "Whitepower",  
that would be different.

> Then, I noticed, we had some strange names already, which some may  
> find inappropiete. Iceberg, Tilted Brim, Black Fox, soft etc.

Iceberg's a little odd, so's soft, but Tilted Brim and Black Fox  
sound like perfectly reasonable (if somewhat pretentious) nicknames.

> Well, what I´m asking is, what should I do?

If it's a name that could *reasonably* be offensive (not  
"conceivably," because anything could *conceivably* be offensive),  
then politely inform them of that OOC, and ask them to create a  
character with a better name.  If it's a name that doesn't seem to  
fit the milieu, and you're on the FEI, then, as Robert said, feel  
free to taunt them IC (though I'd politely inform them OOC, as well,  
that the FEI has an expectation of serious RP in the medieval setting).

If it's just a weird name, and you're not on the FEI, you can, again,  
feel free to taunt them IC, but I don't see any problem with it from  
an OOC perspective.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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