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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> Well, the member-ID's are unique -mainly- for URLs on the outside, but also
> for system-database purposes on the inside. In the URL sense, there's no
> sense in having 2 or 3 or more ID's per person -- only one per person --
> otherwise URLs are no longer unique and that messes up link coloring in
> browsers, among other things.
>
> You also really won't ever have to "log in" anytime -- unless you choose to
> disable cookies in your web browser, or if two or more people share a
> machine or a profile, or if you log in temporarily from a public place such
> as a library.
>
> As far as visability of the member-ID's, it's a goal to make them as
> unobtrusive as possible...although there's no way to escape their appearance
> in URLs of member pages. The member-ID's have no relation whatsoever to
> news articles, except that the member-ID will probably be added
> automatically by the system to the headers of any new news message, just
> like it currently adds the X-Real-Life-Name header to each post. So the
> member-ID (if you don't like it) isn't something that you're stuck with
> during day-to-day communications...only in URLs of on-site member pages.
>
> People wouldn't walk around going, "Pleased to meet you, two seventy-five.
> I'm six twelve." You'd still say, "Hi, I'm Charles," or "Hi, I'm feanor23x"
> in day-to-day communications.
>
> --Todd
Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I'm reading above, the Member IDs really
serve no purpose other than a system ID, similar to a Unix address. They won't
be used as an identifier for posting to news/discussion groups. They will be
primarily background info, although they will/could display, along with
real/alias names, in news and on sites.
If that is the case, then make it very easy on yourself, and everyone here, and
go with pure numerics.
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