Character name: DePantherius X
Involved admin: MortoSasye
I was warned that my name was in violation of the naming policy and i was told i had to change it before next round. I was also told both my first name and last name were in violation and that felinid names are limited to "food names and regular human names".
My first name is clearly not a REGULAR human name, but it follows common African-American naming convention and it not "excessively OOC", it is exactly the type of name an African-American felinid would give their child. For real life examples of similar names see DeMarcus, DeAndre, etc.
If the standard is that you need to be able to find the name in a phone book I would wager a large percentage of the playerbase fail to live up to that standard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-A ... tive_names
But the most confounding part is that the admin in question claim my last name "X" is not a valid name, when thousands of people go by that name every day in real life! The X last name is in fact quite common amongst the ~50 000 followers of the Nation of Islam religion. It is certainly not implausible this last name would survive 500 years into the future, especially considering the legacy of Malcolm X.
https://ask.metafilter.com/131876/On-th ... n-of-Islam
I think both names are fine as they are something a catperson of color on a futuristic space station could conceivably be called. But should my first name still be considered to be in violation after this appeal, I at least suggest my note should be edited to indicate that my last name "X" is a valid name.
Thank you for reading my appeal.
Malcolm X wrote:Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.