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Re:New users: Welcome. Please read the site guidelines. by nailer on Saturday January 31, 2009 @02:31PM (#459944)
What about FirstnameLastinitial? E.g., I'd be Mikem, rather than nailer.
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Re:New users: Welcome. Please read the site guidelines. by showerst on Saturday January 31, 2009 @03:48PM (#460027)
My guess is you're not the only MikeM, which leads to yahoo-esque usernames (I'd likely be TimS223 or something), and by that point you may as well allow real nicknames.
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