** 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. ;)
