It has been shown in the past that vandals and trolls have no problem with harrassing users in the real world. I think the choice should be left to the account owner, but I would lean towards using pseudonyms to avoid real world harrasment. In a position of trust the foundation can ask for a real name, but there's no real need for them to be known to the public. We tell people to not post their email address on-wiki to avoid spam. Not using your real name is basically part of safe internet use. Mgm On 3/30/07, ikiroid <ikiroid(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On 3/30/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic(a)gmail.com> wrote: And it's a shame too as there is very little that can happen to you on a website[1] that would warrant going after someone in meatspace. Yet we have friutcakes who will make trouble for someone in real life because they can't get their POV into [[Article]] But if said fruitcake knew that the foundation had the real names, it wouldn't be difficult to use a bullshit John Doe lawsuit for the sole reason of getting this information in discovery. I believe that's how the RIAA initially turns IP addresses into names for later lawsuits. 1. A possible exception to this in WP would be a BLP issue.