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Posted By: Texas Ted

If there is a requirement to post both first and last name, you might see the death of the board. Think of what happened to Ben. I'm not sure I want to be a target of thieves by letting entire world know my first and last name and what I might have in a collection. It just invites trouble.

Having said that, I am totally against anonymous postings also. They are the same as "unnamed sources in the news". If somebody does not take responsibility for saying it, it could well be a fabrication of the press. The solution, to my mind, is that the monitor dude, or somebody needs access to the identities of the posters, but not necessarily the whole world. If people know that they can be held accountable by slanderous statements perhaps they will be reluctant to make them.

So some identifier be it a first, or last, a total name or a moniker (as long as the moderator knows them all) as well as an email link, would be fine with me. The final decision on how much info to give should rest with the poster.

Texas Ted
Starting my third attempt at a second childhood.