Agreed - and for the correct answers to be posted, perhaps, on these stumpers?
Since DaphneBlack went to the trouble of including her sig, which made a reference to Latin, perhaps the answer is a Latin name. Not that I know what it is. Just for the heck of it, though, I’ll guess… Apollo9?
5-4-fighting: Is Liepzieg the same as Leipzig? Is the particular city essential to getting the answer?
I will admit to doing a search for partial username “fire”, which is how I learned that there are registered users named ColdfireIsCunt and ColdfireIsFuckingSlut. Not surprisingly, both of these posters have been banned.
Bingo 
Ok This poster is the mother of a ‘son’ of a bitch.
Whoops! Yes, it’s Leipzig; but it’s only a reference to that part of the world.
DogMom
Merkwurdigliebe is correct. (The sig. was a back-up clue to think about other languages).
“Merkwurdig” can mean “remarkable” or “curious” or “odd”.
Daphne
Now that I rethink my translation, it makes sense that the “wurd” is “worth” and not “Word.” (Mark-worthy, literally).
But yay, another one bites the dust!
DogMom
CandidGamera, I believe you are eligible to post a clue. trickster too, assuming DogMom is the correct answer.
laina-f – don’t you have a thread going about people getting your username wrong?
“Who should we talk to about all these darned elves that need killin’?” - Ethilrist’s.
“If you were just starting out and wanted help building leadership skills, who would you talk to?” - Ethilrist’s.
“I was just strolling along a street in Liepzieg and, suddenly, I smelled smoke! It was me!” - 5-4-fighting’s.
Who should I ask for advice about my Japanese main-squeeze? - Mine.
I have a guess in of Ugluk that Ethilrist hasn’t answered to yet, by the way.
Oh. Sorry, but no.
Hint number 2: Mineral.
This is becoming a QUEST for the right name.
Ethilrist, I have another two guesses:
mithril
Eric_Balrog
Either of those right?
Doh, I’m betting on mithril.
Yeah, if that’s it, it certainly will be a :smack: moment for me. I mean, here I am, looking through three online Tolkien FAQ sites, scouring several books at home, and enlisting DogDad on the QUEST for this username.
Because of course I thought “person! Must be a person’s name!” So if it’s “mithril” it’ll certainly be a smacky smiley for me.
I’m stumped on Ethilrist’s killin’ some elves. The best I can do is Darwinself, implying that stupid elves take themselves out of the gene pool by crashing their gondolas over waterfalls or something.
This user would cryptically introduce himself as thus: I am in mixed sweetener.
Garius (I in Garus, which is mixed (i.e. an anagram for) sugar).
Overlooked in all the elf-killing speculation (and in CandidGamera’s latest recap) is my question: Before she changed her name, who would have the go-to poster for a question on Mare Imbrium?
I think her name was LunaSea.
This Doper went back on body of water with heavy metal.
Hint #3: Not Thorin’s.