Subj : Re: real names
To : August Abolins
From : Vague
Date : Sat Feb 20 2021 06:09 pm
-=> August Abolins wrote to Dan Clough <=-
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AA> Hello Dan Clough!
AA> ** On Saturday 13.02.21 - 19:57, Dan Clough wrote to Wilfred van
AA> Velzen:
DC> ...Persons posting to Fidonet echos are supposed to be
DC> using real names. Whether they're a nodelisted Sysop, or a
DC> Point, or a normal user on a BBS, makes no difference.
DC> They're supposed to be using a real name. Simple.
AA> I don't think there is a hard n fast rule that states all of
AA> Fidonet = Real Names, anywhere. It has probably just been a
AA> kind of tradition and expectation over the years.
AA> [1] Where does the assumption that a real name must be both
AA> first name and lastname originate or found in documentation?
AA> Oli seems real to me especially because of [2].
AA> [2] Oli isn't exactly not real. His messages include a point
AA> address. That point address is traceable to the Z2PNT segment
AA> of the nodelist. There his full name is broadcast in all its
AA> glory.
AA> [3] But even your name isn't consistent across other FTNs:
AA> It's Dan Clough for:
AA> Palantir BBS, Pensacola FL USA 1:123/115
AA> Palantir BBS, Pensacola USA 21:2/138
AA> Palantir BBS, Pensacola USA 77:1/114
AA> But it's Daniel Clough for:
AA> Palantir BBS, Cantonment FL 618:250/24
AA> So, I say give Oli a break and be rest assured that Oli =
AA> Oliver, and we can live with Dan = Daniel. ;)
Hey guys! Are we talking about using real name on Fidonet when it specifically
allows aliases? Cool.
... That's just incredible! As in... it's just not credible.
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