Comments on: I’m thinking of legally changing my name to all caps http://www.jerrybrito.com/2008/04/10/im-thinking-of-legally-changing-my-name-to-all-caps/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:44:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Glenn Fleishman http://www.jerrybrito.com/2008/04/10/im-thinking-of-legally-changing-my-name-to-all-caps/#comment-723 Glenn Fleishman Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:35:40 +0000 http://www.jerrybrito.com/2008/04/10/im-thinking-of-legally-changing-my-name-to-all-caps/#comment-723 I had to go wash my mouth out with olive oil and arsenic when I read that Wikipedia page. When you start reading all the editorial policies that the editors invoke when it serves their purposes, and the fact that a subject can't correct information about themselves in any form (I understand people rewriting their history), it just becomes absurd. I mean, you should be allowed to control the orthography and appearance of your name, at the very least. I had to go wash my mouth out with olive oil and arsenic when I read that Wikipedia page. When you start reading all the editorial policies that the editors invoke when it serves their purposes, and the fact that a subject can’t correct information about themselves in any form (I understand people rewriting their history), it just becomes absurd.

I mean, you should be allowed to control the orthography and appearance of your name, at the very least.

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