Re: String name and Character Name

From: Dean Snyder (dean.snyder@jhu.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 23 2005 - 19:23:19 CST

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    Peter Kirk wrote at 12:11 AM on Sunday, April 24, 2005:

    >I think there may be a significant number of characters for which
    >various people might want to propose more than one formal alias in
    >addition to the original name. Although I can understand that the UTC
    >might want to try to restrict the number of aliases, it might be tying
    >their hands unnecessarily tightly to use a mechanism which cannot cope
    >with more than one alias per character.

    I agree - it would be just one more, completely short-sighted "solution"
    to limit aliasing to one per character.

    Respectfully,

    Dean A. Snyder

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