should SE delete characters that were never used

[Letbluevannback]

Seriously, come up with another name. Why would you even want a name someone else already has?

It's not that hard to guess.

Why do people buy the Scions costumes in the Mog Station? Why did people ask for the FFXIII items to be brought back again, having missed it? Why do people create glamours to cosplay characters from other fandoms (seriously, there's whole threads of them just here), or for that matter, why do people cosplay IRL? Why do people make covers of songs others played? Why do people write fanfictions?

Believe it or not, there are people out there with different tastes as you, who like to re-create their favorite characters from other fandoms and put them in another universe such as a MMORPG's, to live that game's adventure as their favorite hero/heroine. It's not that hard to picture, and there is nothing wrong with it either. It's apples and oranges, otherwise we should also despise those who draw fanarts instead of doing original artworks, or who make cosplay costumes instead of doing original designs. Neither is more "noble", it's just two different ways to play.

I don't think characters should be deleted, but yes, I'd make names up for grabs for inactive characters, to avoid occurrences such as that screenshot. And not limited to anime or videogame names. I'd not think of locking my own real life name+surname on so many servers either, because that's just obstructive for whoever would want to use it.