>Is it not possible for the BO to prevent use of the Q trip code in the 'name' field?
That's what I think as well. Most people (those who decide to abide by the consensus rule of no namefagging) just fill in the text box in a post reply anyway.
Hardest part for me, even if I can spot a fake Q post easily in the thread, is picking it up in a screen grab thumbnail. Those screen grabs are what are going to go out to the public, and tracking that shit down after the fact to determine real Q or not is going to be a bitch.
Why the fuck should time be spent having to do that, it's hard enough wading through the pelican shit as it is.