[UbuntuWomen] Use full real name policy

[Matt Good]

On Sep 4, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Caroline Ford wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 14:25 -0400, Elizabeth Bevilacqua wrote:
>> On 9/4/07, Belinda A. Lopez <dinda at mac.com> wrote:
>>> I often go by Dinda but my real name is Belinda Lopez.  How does the
>>> system know someone's 'real' name from a nickname anyway?  I would
>>> suspect that the "real" name is whatever you registered with and
>>> there's no way to check it against your legal name.
>>
>> I'm wondering using an initial for your first name (C. Ford) would be
>> acceptable to the people wanting a real name? I believe the reasoning
>> behind the Real Names thing was so it looked more professional and
>> transparent (not anonymous), you didn't have key contributors
>> identifying themselves and "MrsPenguinHead" and "LinuxDude"
>>
>> Caroline (or anyone), do you happen to have a link to the thread this
>> was discussed on previously with the launchpad people pushing real
>> names? I don't even remember what list it was on.
>
> I think "real and full" precludes initials.
> https://help.launchpad.net/JoiningLaunchpadBetaTesters

But the wording could be changed if this compromise is acceptable to  
everyone.  Has anyone approached the team to propose this change?  I  
agree with Liz's statement about real names seeming more professional  
and transparent and this seems like a reasonable way to preserve that  
without requiring a full name.

-- Matt