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This thought entered my mind in answer to a question on the forum.

Logging player names (as characters are created) and storing then in a list which is then checked (as characters are created) to see if the chosen name already exists.
If a match is found, the new player is stoned and presented with an unclosable unmoveable gump asking them to choose a new name, if that name passes the list they are free'd and allowed to continue their game.

Entries in the list are removed when a character is deleted, so if for whatever reason you wish to delete and remake a character with the same name it will allow you.

Darksun84 ran a test on lists while I was messing with this and received only a 90mb increase in the memory useage of sphere for a list with 1,000,000 entries. Yes that's a million.
So the likelyhood of this script hogging your computer's memory is slim.

Unique Character Names

This script does not provide support for existing shards who may now wish to implement a unique name policy. Not because it can't be done (it definately can) but because it is a headache if 2 players have the same name... who gets to keep it?
If it turns out that this feature is in demand I will work it into the script, though I accept no responsibility for the arguments it may bring.