This issue is starting to get out of hand. I understand that there will be the people saying "Hurr durr while why don't you just pick something that hasn't been picked." Which leaves me to say that making the commitment to a character name you really aren't too sure about is a terrible idea. With so many people changing their names, and making alts, reserving names, etc. nearly any decent name on a high populated server is going to be taken. I believe that if a character has not been logged in for more than a year the name should be up for grabs and the character previously with the name should be forced with a rename. Or if the character does not make it past level 5 in 6 months the same rule should apply.