Using a brand new database would require a lot of moderation though... We wouldn't want some newb grabbing names like Dock>, priitk, p0lix and ghost ship A limit of aliases per IP should be there in the first weeks to avoid these kind of problems, with a reliable way to override it (sysops needing to register several bots, for example) Identity theft would be a big concern, indeed. Every alias with staff powers should be reserved so the right person could have it. On the other hand, if we can move the old database, we could certainly reset much more unused names than the current system.