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| | | Darth Joules - I hate to be the voice of "the rules", but you are supposed to be using your real name, not an alias, unless that alias is understood to be a nickname or such and we all know what your real name is. I know this was discussed with you (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | Tanya: I am not disagreeing with your understanding of the TOS, but let me just throw in that I wish I had never used my real name to use lugnet. It's no real panic, but I am almost positive my full name and email address was collected from lugnet (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Thomas Garrison
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| | | | | | | (...) Massive confusion: what difference does it make whether or not spammers have your full name? They'll cheerfully send you mail even if they don't know your name. (I should know---I'm currently getting spam at all my addresses (including the (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yeah, I have to say I'm with Tanya on this. No offense to "Darth", but I'm less inclined to take seriously a post from a person going by a nickname anyway-- it's like people who name their pets after obscure literary characters and think (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Tanya K. Burkhart
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| | | | | | | I would feel much less comfortable around Lugnet without knowing people's names - I guess I am a very visual person and a name gives me a peg to hang a mental image on of the people whose posts I am reading and to which I am replying. I am not (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | Hi Richard! (...) To be frank (err, to be Shiri)... Aww, c'mon, gimme a break. Honestly, Richard; the one thing that makes lugnet so special and friendly and personal is the use of our real life names; the knowledge that people are here with honest (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | (...) This guy has been posting under that handle since August of 2001: (URL) the sudden urgency to point out this screen name issue? In fact, it was mentioned by at least two people in follow-ups to his original posting. No body seemed to mind back (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) — Suzanne D. Rich
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| | | | | | In lugnet.admin.general, Allan Bedford writes: [...] (...) I don't see an urgency to discuss the policy. (...) I didn't catch it. That's the only reason it went on. I certainly would have minded, the same as I do right now. Please don't equate (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) Do we know it is not his real name? Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | (...) Hmm, good point. Once while scanning the birth announcements in the local newspaper I came across a kid whom the parents had named Geordi La Forge. Maggie C. (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Duane Hess
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| | | | (...) From this post, I think it is evident that it is indeed a pseudomyn (URL) more, he was told to post using his real name, changed and has reverted to the pseudonym. Definitely worth noting. -Duane (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —James Stacey
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| | | | | Dosent this mean that is real name is clearly understood. He has given it out freely on Lugnet, and therefore under the TOS is allowed to post using an alias Excerpt of the relevant section: unless your real name and identity is clearly understood, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | (...) I noticed this as well. In the thread based on his original (first time to LUGNET) posting, it was pointed out to him the problem about a screen name vs. a real name. He dealt with it quickly and graciously. His real name, for all intents and (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) now there is little doubt. ;) Now that we know that he is breaking the ToS, we have to consider if it is worth bothering about (I can’t say I care). Given that he has two accounts here (one with his apparent real name and the other with his (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) — Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) Scott, Duane -- Thanks for the links and history... Yes, this is fairly easy to rectify. Some wires got crossed in the userinfo database (due to human error, my fault, sometime last August and not noticed until recently). Once in a blue moon, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Darth Joules' alias (was: Re: Won't you give me one more try?) —Duane Hess
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| | | | (...) <snip> (...) Todd, Thanks for the explanation and quick fix. -Duane (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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