"Kaiser" is a reference to the German Reich, and references to Nazism are not welcome in this community.
"Kaiser" is a reference to the German Reich, and references to Nazism are not welcome in this community.
I mean, if we're going to make up reasons out of whole cloth, any name is fair game.
Enraged white Americans had a fit over this because in some (not all!) parts of America this is (or used to be) a racial slur. Many other Americans on the mailing list never even heard it used as a racial slur.
The guy was forced to rename the library.
Do you want to bet that whatever you say, or whatever you call yourself won't be a reason to get you banned? Do you want to tie an email address to the likelihood of this happening?
Another, better example: Normally, where you work is not a secret. It is something that most people would tell strangers if asked about.
Now, say you are testing your "market value" by sending out job applications. Now suddenly you may not want to disclose where you work.
This is actually not a contrived example, a friend of mine was let go because the HR guys handling one of his applications knew somebody from his current company, word got around and his current management deemed the risk of him "stealing work secrets" too high. So they put him on paid leave and he never entered that facility again.
How would this scenario be any different.