Board Thread:Wiki Management/@comment-4356266-20170122083338

Yes, we currently have no policy regarding YT usernames, so here's a thread to discuss and establish one. I'll start:

For retired people whose documentation here are now historical records, I prefer we use the username as it was at the time the user is most known for. For example, when the xbox parody was uploaded [s]he was known as MOTURK49 so we keep that name even if [s]he changed the channel name afterwards. Name changes are thus only referred to towards the end of the page, not not in the first paragraph.

For people who changed name and still active, or his parody making continues into the new name before becoming inactive, use the new name, or the last name before inactivity i.e. the last notable name. Previous names should be included after first mention in the first paragraph, and in subsequent paragraphs when talking about the history of the channel use the names as it was at the time.

In other words, I think it is not necessary to reflect the latest name these channels are using. It might be a nostalgia on my part, and that new people would only see the latest names these people are using, but I think it is important to remember history the way it was as it happen, and that newer people can learn more about the past.

Hope we can clear this gray area and have a consistent YT naming policy from this point onward. 