[Operators] Strange registrations

[Clemens Fries]

Hi!

I, too, got a few of these registrations. I did a quick search for some of the 
names on the list and discovered that all the surnames used in the nicknames 
seem to originate from this list:
  http://cns2.uni.edu/~okane/114/Physicians.txt

It may be interesting to hear of anyone got a nickname with a surname that is 
not on that list. I got only positive matches for the names you provided and 
for the seven names I had at hand.

Might help to single out the 'bad' users. The first names seem to come from a 
different list ─ there are multiple results if you google for some of the more 
exotic names.

On Friday 27 March 2009 15:05:28 Michael Grigutsch wrote:
> Hi!
>
> It seems as if the registration bots have been improved to use more
> ordinary nicknames for the registration. I have some strange registration
> the last days, always using $name_$name as nick, e.g. suzanna_taggart,
> evangeline_coldsmith, kendal_emrick...
>
> The accounts are not be used further after registration, some of them were
> automatically deleted during daily maintenance as the user never logs in.
>
> Anyone else noticed that registrations?
>
> Best regards
>
> /MiGri