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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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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<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 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.edpoor.com">www.edpoor.com</A> (my real boring
website)</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> Zoe
[mailto:zoecomnena@yahoo.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 07, 2002 6:40
PM<BR><B>To:</B> wikipedia-l@nupedia.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Wikipedia-l] Lir,
yet again.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P>Lir is deleting the contents of the [[Talk:Lir]] page. Not that this is NOT
her user talk page but is the talk page about the article [[Lir]], concerning
the Celtic god. Ed Poor and I have both suggested that she not do so,
especially since the thing she is deleting is NOT something she wrote, but she
insists on doing so. I will stop the edit war for now, but I will revert
it once she's gone to bed for the night. Her bedtime must be soon, she
probably has to go to school in the morning.</P>
<P>Zoe</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>