Subj : Re: real names
To   : August Abolins
From : Vague
Date : Sat Feb 20 2021 06:09 pm

-=> August Abolins wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 AA> @MSGID: <602B3D6A.154.fidonet_ftscpubl@VAGUEBBS>
 AA> @REPLY: <60288F10.100.fidonet_ftscpubl@VAGUEBBS>
 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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