This will never fly.

[Firecrest]

Its pretty mind boggling that the idea even made it far enough to be brought up on the forums.

I dunno. The stated goal was admirable enough. The WoW forums are a simmering cesspool of worthlessness and real name tagging could have had a major impact on cleaning it up (theoretically).

Really though, it would just have been a band aid. I'm not sure that the real solution (significant, heavy-handed and constant moderation) is something that Blizzard would find worthwhile. The cost of properly monitoring a forums with millions of users has to be pretty significant while the actual benefits of doing so are pretty small.