Subj : real names
To   : Dan Clough
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Feb 15 2021 10:20 pm

Hello Dan Clough!

** On Saturday 13.02.21 - 19:57, Dan Clough wrote to Wilfred van 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.

I don't think there is a hard n fast rule that states all of  
Fidonet = Real Names, anywhere.  It has probably just been a  
kind of tradition and expectation over the years.

[1] Where does the assumption that a real name must be both  
first name and lastname originate or found in documentation?   
Oli seems real to me especially because of [2].

[2] Oli isn't exactly not real. His messages include a point  
address.  That point address is traceable to the Z2PNT segment  
of the nodelist. There his full name is broadcast in all its  
glory.

[3] But even your name isn't consistent across other FTNs:

It's Dan Clough for:

Palantir BBS, Pensacola FL USA       1:123/115
Palantir BBS, Pensacola USA          21:2/138
Palantir BBS, Pensacola USA          77:1/114

But it's Daniel Clough for:

Palantir BBS, Cantonment FL          618:250/24

So, I say give Oli a break and be rest assured that Oli =  
Oliver, and we can live with Dan = Daniel.  ;)


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