proper moth naming policy

[EmpressMaia]

im tired of seeing "moth 'moff' moff' and incomprehinsible names like 'blub beezlegub'

i like moths with single word abstract names and spacey sounding names. notable memories are 'prophecies' and 'ferni paradox'

[Jacquerel]

I don't really expect this to go anywhere because nobody likes writing naming policy, following naming policy, enforcing naming policy, or having naming policy enforced on them.

[GPeckman]

IIRC, the incomprehensible names are just genera of IRL moths. Names like that are what the random name generator will give you, and as far as I'm aware it's considered the gold standard for current moth naming policy, much like Verbs-the-Nouns names for lizards.

[Vekter]

Naming policy is mostly vibes-based and a lot of admins don't want to codify an actual naming policy because they don't want to stifle creativity. If we did, we'd have to get rid of moth names like Lamp or felinids named Meow, things like that.

If you genuinely think a moth name is too outside of what's reasonable, feel free to adminhelp it, but it's going to be admin discretion for the most part.

Ironically, I think the Mothington guys on Sybil aren't actually moths? I assume that's who you're talking about.

[Jackraxxus]

It's in the lore

To allow identification within human society, moths are eventually required to pick their own legally recognized name. Some regard this as a meaningless formality and will pick at random, while others, seeing it as an opportunity to further exploit their amicable appearance, may choose a name that humans could find cute or amusing, much to the chagrin of the officials that have to approve the requests.

Moths having weird and wacky names is based and redpilled.
You can pry Soup (VALID MOTH NAME BTW!!!!) from my cold, dead hands.

[Atlanta-Ned]

Why are we debating this when the existing policy is more than sufficient?

Moth names MUST be moth-related OR a lamp/lighting pun.

Some acceptable moth-related examples are:
- Moff Tarkin
- Motthew
- Fluttershy

Some acceptable lamp/lighting pun examples are:
- Laemp
- Lightbulb
- Sparky
- Bonks-The-Lights

[Jackraxxus]

Why are we debating this when the existing policy is more than sufficient?

Moth names MUST be moth-related OR a lamp/lighting pun.

Some acceptable moth-related examples are:
- Moff Tarkin
- Motthew
- Fluttershy

Some acceptable lamp/lighting pun examples are:
- Laemp
- Lightbulb
- Sparky
- Bonks-The-Lights

I think you will find that the (closest thing we have to a) current moth naming policy is

Moths: Moth names generally consist of some combination of latin words (primarily moth taxonomic names strung together), but receive a specific exemption to have any character name (justified in character as a nickname) they like that does not violate the general requirements to comply with rules 3, 8 and 11 (a minimum of effort is however still required even for silly moth names to ensure we don’t end up with 53 moths named “lamp” and 78 moths named “moth”)

And personally I believe this is how it should stay. Removing naming freedom from moths would make individual moths less unique and memorable. The last round I played there was a moth named EightBall, whose gimmick was speaking only in eight-ball responses, and emoting the rest of the time. I fucking loved this character, but this proposed rule would replace them with boring "LampMothLightFlapper #2163462357". Sad!

[cSeal]

There is no moth naming policy you could write that would not be exceedingly boring for no real gain in comparison to what it is now
Moths being able to be named all sorts of silly goofy dumb shit is one of the more charming parts about them
Im not biased btw

[Pandarsenic]

All Moths must be named Soup

[Striders13]

moth naming policy proposal:

► Show Spoiler

soup is not a valid moth name

[Cheshify]

Moths should be encouraged to have fun with their names.
Elaborating: Let admins nuke the stupid and OOC names, you have a fun species with cool Common Core lore that you can do plenty with. Let moths stay broad and ripe for creativity while avoiding dumb shit.

[BlueMemesauce]

Naming policy is mostly vibes-based and a lot of admins don't want to codify an actual naming policy because they don't want to stifle creativity. If we did, we'd have to get rid of moth names like Lamp or felinids named Meow, things like that.

How is it stifling creativity to get rid of moth names like Lamp or felinids named Meow? I feel like you miswrote your post or I'm misreading it somehow because those names sound very unoriginal.

[Vekter]

Naming policy is mostly vibes-based and a lot of admins don't want to codify an actual naming policy because they don't want to stifle creativity. If we did, we'd have to get rid of moth names like Lamp or felinids named Meow, things like that.

How is it stifling creativity to get rid of moth names like Lamp or felinids named Meow? I feel like you miswrote your post or I'm misreading it somehow because those names sound very unoriginal.

Well, if an admin feels that they aren't creative or they're in bad faith, they're allowed to ask that player to change their name. Most admins don't care to do so because we're more worried about preventing people from having names like Adolf Hitler or Faggot McDickpunch than we are policing simple but less inventive names.

[Fikou]

No one on the headmin team wants this