On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 09:55:07 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote: >On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:00:21 -0500, [email protected] wrote: > >>If you don't want anonymous >>posts, don't show the enormous power anonymous posters have >>to hijack threads. > >This from an anonymous poster who has only posted twice, and only in this >thread.
Having posted the above, I would like to acknowledge that, as much as I sometimes find it irritating, there are those who have reasons not to post their name in a format such as this. I don't claim to understand those reasons. There are some regular contributors to this list who use a pseudonym. Zman comes to mind. We have no idea who he is, but he seems to be knowledgeable and is willing to help. My intention in mentioning him is not to suggest that he should identify himself, but merely to use him as an example of someone who apparently has reason to remain anonymous. As far as that goes, most of the readers of this list have no way to know whether "Tom Marchant" is my real name or a nym. I can assure you that it is my name, and there are a few here who know that. I will ask this of those who have criticized folks for using nym here. Would you rather have someone make up a name that sounds like it could be a real name, or use a nym that is clearly a nym? IIRC, "Michael Butz" has admitted that it is not his real name. I believe that the issue is not one of whether or not a contributor uses their real name, but whether they are willing to be contributing members of this community. Does the poster asking the question seem to have tried to find the answer for themself? Do they give sufficient information for someone to be able to help them or do they expect us to guess? -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
