Ban offensive names

[Tofty]

I have pushed for the profile picture equivalent in the past, and it has been denied.

I believe any name which can be found offensive should be an instant ban. This should include:

• Swear words (maybe a few warning points/suspension and a random name change should be applied here.
• Racist words
• Words that refer back to figures such as Hitler, etc.
• Names that involve sexual remarks.
• And whatever else the staff deem inappropriate.

A lot of people will disagree with this, but this is a Minecraft forum and should remain a safe place. The minimum age requirement is 13, but that's still young. The staff should be working to make MC-Market a safe environment for everyone. If you press Disagree, please leave a message to why you do.

Thank you.

 

[dankbeans]

If names are sufficiently inappropriate, they'll be modified. At least, that's what I remember. You'll find nobody named "fuckface" on the forums

Just you watch me get premium and name myself fuckface

 

[Mick]

I rated disagree because I believe, this is a marketplace, a place for business. If you feel 'unsafe' because you see some words you don't like, then you shouldn't be doing business on a marketplace.

I also feel like if we did make this a rule it would be misinterpreted by many members and we'd be seeing custom titles, profile status messages, etc. being reported and for words that are not that bad.

I am not saying people can have whatever names they want, or that you can't report people for their usernames. I am just saying making it a rule and enforcing it is unnecessary and shouldn't happen.

I feel pretty much the opposite way to you here. I feel that because this is a marketplace rules should be enforced more, particularly when people aren't being appropriate. If someone has the username 'fuckface' on a market where they're trying to sell something it is evident that they aren't here to sell stuff, they're here to troll and we should not allow them to do so.

 

[Ivain]

Indeed, and names like that should be enforced. However, banning 'offensive' names out of general principle is a perilous pit that we do NOT want to fall into.
This is 2016. People will be offended at the drop of a hat. The way this is currently being enforced is easily sufficient.
As I have still not received an answer by @op about what name they find offensive, I believe this is now a moot point. As Mick has already said, a number of names are already banned. If someone comes up with another name that's sufficiently offensive that staff agree it should be removed, I'd personally advise taking a leaf out of mojang's book and changing it by force into something ridiculously childish ("Dicksucker" becomes "PinkGlitter" or something like that), and simply adding the name to the list. That is all that needs to be done, and I believe this is already being done.

 

[Mick]

I feel pretty much the opposite way to you here. I feel that because this is a marketplace rules should be enforced more, particularly when people aren't being appropriate. If someone has the username 'fuckface' on a market where they're trying to sell something it is evident that they aren't here to sell stuff, they're here to troll and we should not allow them to do so.

And with this I will move this to accepted, even though this is the way that things have been for a while now.

If someone has an inappropriate name then please report it.

Thanks for your suggestion.