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.
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