Well, TT wanted people to use their real names -- but not everyone did.

I just keep bristling at the "Back on TT, we all used our real names, so you should too" stuff because it strikes me as kinda condescending.

That's not in the last text everyone liked, unless I missed a revision to what Ginger said.

Buffistas tend to choose user names that can be easily used in conversation. Sometimes they are people's real names or nicknames; sometimes they are the names they always wished their parents had the sense to give them. You may feel cosmically drawn to the name @$sd_myxp12, but "What @$sd_myxp12 said" does not fall trippingly off the fingers. To reduce confusion, please avoid the names of famous people, including ME writers, and the names of existing posters. For example, if your name is Tiffany and there is already a Tiffany on the board, pick a variation, whether it be TiffanyT or Breakfast.

Is there another text that's the problem?

Sorry, ita. I wasn't trying to revise the FAQ. I shoulda just kept me mouth shut.

No, ita, that's the text I'm responding to. And I think Ginger's text is fine phrasing, if necessary. I'm just generally uncomfortable with the concept. What is the line that's easy to use in conversation?

I shoulda just kept me mouth shut.

I'm not getting on your case for having (or voicing) the opinion, just worried that two people have a concern about something that may be posted and I can't see where.

It's hard to keep track of the latest version of anything in a thread, and I just want to make sure I'm on the same page.

Page 234, ita.

I'm just generally uncomfortable with the concept.

Okay, now I get it. You're objecting to the untypable thing, but Burrell's not.

See? I didn't understand what was going on.

Now do.

Page 234, ita.

Dammit. Mine only goes up to F0.

Yup. I was objecting to the real name thing first, but since that seems settled...

Would it be easier to make it two paragraphs to make a clean break; also to disguise the gentle suggestion with advice in how to get one's name changed if one so desires?

Buffistas tend to choose user names that can be easily used in conversation. Sometimes they are people's real names or nicknames; sometimes they are the names they always wished their parents had the sense to give them. You may feel cosmically drawn to the name @$sd_myxp12, but "What @$sd_myxp12 said" does not fall trippingly off the fingers.

To reduce confusion, please avoid the names of famous people, including ME writers, and the names of existing posters. For example, if your name is Tiffany and there is already a Tiffany on the board, pick a variation, whether it be TiffanyT or Breakfast.

If you desire a name change, mention it briefly in natter and if ita feels like it, she will remind you of a name and then change it for you.

Incidentally, remind me why we're nixing the NTSC/PAL info?

Because we took out the paragraph/links about buying eps of Buffy on tape entirely.