> ... user real names for people's identities ...<div><br></div><div>It isn't quite that simple as about 10% of members in my course did not reveal their first or last name during registration whereas everyone registered has a "username" (or "handle" as I have previously called it) that they cannot hide. But there are problems with using this username as a primary identifier because the P2PU platform uses alternate versions of it when it appears as part of a url. Various substitutions, case changing, and dropping of special characters occurs as this random members demonstrates:<div>
<br></div><div><div><a href="http://cyberpunk.kg">cyberpunk.kg</a> (look at period)</div><div><a href="http://p2pu.org/users/cyberpunkkg">http://p2pu.org/users/cyberpunkkg</a></div><div><br></div><div>It may seem a bit institutional and not to the liking of some in this community but assigning everyone an fixed length identifier (<i>ponder "Number of his name"</i>) and prominently displaying it on a profile might be a practical solution. </div>
<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:02 AM, George Ziady <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:george@springfisher.com">george@springfisher.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Perfect, thanks Philipp - we'll use the Real name wherever possible then.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br><font color="#888888">
George</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 16/02/2011 15:51, Philipp Schmidt wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
We had a long discussion about the value of using "real" names a few<br>
months ago. I don't want to rehash all of it, but we decided that<br>
preference should be B (real name), and A used in case B is not<br>
specified. P<br>
<br>
On 16 February 2011 15:48, George Ziady<<a href="mailto:george@springfisher.com" target="_blank">george@springfisher.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
A task has been created to improve the consistency in the use of people's<br>
identities (<a href="http://tracker.p2pu.org/website/node/376" target="_blank">http://tracker.p2pu.org/website/node/376</a>).<br>
<br>
I'd like to confirm which should be the preferred method to use (wherever<br>
possible).<br>
<br>
A - the username (e.g. georgez)<br>
B - the user's real name (e.g. George Ziady)<br>
<br>
An example of the current mixture in styles can be seen on this page:<br>
<a href="http://p2pu.org/general/course-design-orientation" target="_blank">http://p2pu.org/general/course-design-orientation</a> .<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
George<br>
<br>
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