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<DIV><SPAN class=010021919-08112002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It
doesn't. That was my point. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010021919-08112002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Let's
try to get beyond personalities and find ways to work together to build this
encyclopedia.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010021919-08112002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ed
Poor</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Bridget [name omitted for privacy reasons]
[mailto:lapollutionestsimauvaise@yahoo.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November
08, 2002 12:28 PM<BR><B>To:</B> wikipedia-l@wikipedia.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
RE: [Wikipedia-l] Lir, yet again.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P>what does it matter?
<P> <B><I>"Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com></I></B> wrote:
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<DIV><SPAN class=330252115-08112002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We
don't know Lir's real age. She describes herself as a woman, so it's fair to
assume we know her sex. But we can only guess at her age. Not only do ladies
often not care to reveal such personal info, it's rare for people online to
do so either. She acknowledges *acting* like a
14-year-old.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=330252115-08112002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Less than 5% of the contributors whose Usernames I recognize go by
their real names: Jimbo Wales, Larry Sanger do it because of their positions
as founder and shaper. I do it because I don't want anyone saying, "These
Moonies always hide behind a facade; see, even BigMetalGuy won't reveal his
real name."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330252115-08112002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330252115-08112002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As
one of my favorite New Yorker cartoons points out, "On the Internet no one
knows you're a dog."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330252115-08112002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ed
Poor (my real name)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330252115-08112002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>"Opinions expressed here are no reflection of my employer's
policies." (my official disclaimer)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=330252115-08112002><FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.edpoor.com/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.edpoor.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2> (my real
boring website<SPAN
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