Forum:Nickname policy in IRC

Recently, on IRC, I was told by an admin (who will remain un-named to preserve what little dignity he has) to nickchange to "Sactage" as opposed to my usual nick "M67", per COD:IRC. Now, I blatantly refused. He threatened to add a +b mode to my hostmask in #wikia-cod, banning me from the channel. I said, go ahead, I wouldn't care. You see, I am known by "M67" in multiple other channels on freenode, #freenode and #wikia being two of them. The fact that I am forced to change my nickname on an IRCD, just because one channel on said IRCD has rules that dictate I must, is completely idiotic. If I am known by that nick on multiple other channels, and known by it on #wikia-cod, I see no reason to have to nickchange to "Sactage". Also, there is one other user that does not abide by it, but does not get banned: Joeyaa. That is unnacceptable.

I have an idea to fix the issue: Users are allowed a second nickname to use, different from their wiki name. They may only use that second nickname, or their wiki username as a nick. For instance, I would use "M67" and "Sactage". Either that, or we remove the whole part of the policy together. Sactage  DILLAGAF?  Editcount  Contribs    Want a sig? 01:32, August 17, 2010 (UTC)