Stricter regulations on toxic usernames
Description
Make it so names that offend or otherwise seek to provoke a reaction out of the playerbase are strictly forbidden(punishable with a name change), possibly via the use of signed petitions with a certain amount of signatures or some other voting mechanism.
Rationale
As much as we can spend days discussing "what is an offensive name? why is X offensive but not Y, if Y is the name of a murderer?", there is no doubt regarding which names can and do provoke reactions out of people. My rationale for this regulation change is as follows:
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It would result in a permanent end to the debate of whether or not we should allow or disallow certain names: If the community agrees it's a bad one (cough A. H. cough) it should be a no brainer to remove something that disturbs it's peace.
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Completely anecdotal but I have seen an increasing trend of people whose names are clearly tasteless behaving in a toxic manner in games. If contronted and asked for a name change, the more toxic ones will tend to "let the mask fall off" so to say, resulting in one less player in the community(as they would either get banned or leave due to being annoyed that they can't be named whatever sick jokes they think are funny) Do note that this a 'correlation, not causation' thing and should be taken with a grain of salt.
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Punishing the player with a forced name change would make it so understanding players who accidentally stumble upon a name that offends a lot of people can move on with their lives as a different name, and that guilds or large groups of players wouldn't use this feature to get rid of their opposition due to guild intrigue or whatever that may be.
Additional Information
In the end, if someone is asked to change their name and that completely ruins their gaming experience to the point they can't play anymore, it might as well be a good riddance for the server. It should be common courtesy to not name your character after a greatly controversial subject or person that is still relevant to this day in heated debates.
That's all.