The convention should be
OneNamePlease - if you're using an identity (as opposed to a pseudo-identity like
AnonymousDonor), use the same one consistently.
I'm not a particular fan of
RealNamesPlease. I think one of the attractive features of forums like this is that you don't have to use the same identity you have in real life, and so have the freedom to discuss more openly than you might otherwise feel prepared to. I certainly think the lengths to which some people assert
RealNamesPlease is over the top. However, not all the arguments for
RealNamesPlease are bogus - it is useful to know when the same person has made different signed contributions. It's not necessary to connect that to their "real" identity.
who are you? I didn't sign this, deliberately.
Many online communities encourage pseudonymity. This community is not one of them. See RealNamesPleaseDiscussion for more. -- FrancisHwang
I would like to add that personally I don't particularly find
RealNamesPlease or
OneNamePlease very easy to manage. If the rule is really transparency then it is overstrict to achieve this. The names just both need to interlink.
There are much better places on the net to
try out identities than here. Your gift to this community will be more easily absorbed if it comes without a great deal of personality, experimental or otherwise.
Agreed. That's why I said "if you're using an identity". AtMostOneNamePlease, then?