Jason Khendon Williams wrote:
On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 10:02:46PM +0200, Jaap van Ganswijk wrote:
I think that if Wikipedia is to grow into a
serious
movement, nay institute even, it's essential that
people adhere more to netiquette.
Can somebody explain *exactly* what the problem with pseudonyms is? I
use a pseudonym on wikipedia, but my full name is available on my
User: page. It's just a convenient identifier, rather than an
attempt to obscure my identity. If anything, I'm *more* identifiable
by "Khendon" than I am by "Jason Williams", since it's far
easier
to find out about by me using the former name than the latter.
So... is the objection one of transparent identity, or of aesthetics,
or some other issue?
Don't worry about it Jason... there IS no issue! I agree with you too -
if you do a google search for 'Karen Johnson' you'll come up with a
million hits, almost none of which are actually ME. A search for Kajikit
however, will give you a lot more info than my full name. In fact,
you'll find out a heck of a lot more about me than I realised!
I just did a search for Kajikit and at the top of the list is my website
Kajikit's Corner, followed by my Yahoo profile, a couple of
bulletinboards I'm registered on, my writing in other people's websites
and a bunch of my usenet posts! I didn't know that so many people had
websites that tracked newsgroups... you can find out everything except
my mother's maiden name with these hits, so I hope nobody decides to use
it against me! Searching for Karen Johnson, on the other hand, brings up
a good million hits but the only ones that are me are #11, #50, #52 and
#89. The other million are just there to confuse the issue :)
I choose to use my full name on the wikipedia because I feel it is a
project that I am proud of, and I WANT to be associated with it in
public. In general internet use, the use of a full name is extremely
unusual, so I use my normal web ID, which is the one in my sig. They're
both me...
--
Karen AKA Kajikit
And on the seventh day, God said 'What my world needs is a creature
that will truly appreciate it in all its facets' -
and so He made the kitten.
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