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Great idea, this, but has anyone analyzed the statistics to see how much/little the convention is being observed, circa 3/2008? Because it feels like this is a place where a few take responsibility, but a huge chunk of comments are now coming from pseudonymous jerks. Data? —DougWalter
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I had felt like that earlier (a year or so ago), but it turned out to not be the case when looked at with hard numbers. Now and then I get an email or somebody asks how to change their name from a handle to their actual name. —Evan 'PseudonymousWokky' Edwards (On the other hand, I sign my full name when welcoming people so it is more clear 'JabberWokky' is a nickname, not an identity shrouding alias).
Should this page be moved to ![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
wikispot, with the daviswiki page re-directing there? I noticed someone making edits to sacwiki - removing links to this page (because it doesn't exist in sacwiki yet). Instead of making and maintaining a copy of this page in sacwiki, wouldn't it be easier to move this page to wikispot and reference it there for any future community wikis? —VladLoscutoff
It's probably a good idea to move a copy of this page to the hub because it is a common custom on many wikis. It's a community-by-community decision to make, though. Some may not want or see the need for using real names. I'm moving a copy of the page to the hub, but let's leave the copy here, too. —PhilipNeustrom
2009-06-02 21:16:14 I think the farmers market / ski mask analogy is a bad one
members of anonymous would certainly introduce themselves masked at the farmers market, and as the harassment panda proves they use this wiki! —StevenDaubert
