Elizabeth, I have used The Villan for many years on forums and it is becuase I am an Aston Villa supporter. Some forums recommend that you use a different name to your real one, some don't.

However, as far as I know and I think it still applies, Guests are supposed to add a name after Guest, that defines who they are - that doesn't mean they have to use their real name. In many cases, high profile performers choose to use another name. We have had so many abusers on these threads posting away winding people up and really upsetting decent mudcatters. So are you here to partake without upsetting the applecart or not? If so just put a name of your choice after Guest, so we can recognise who you are. One of the other issues about remaing as a guest, is that soembody else can post as you and fleme away, and yo get the blame.

If I had my way, people wouldn't be able to post unless they had registered there e-mail address and verified it back to Mudcat, as do a lot of Forums.

That is not what Mudcat want to do, so they just have that simple rule.

Maybe somebody Like Joe Offer can intervene here and sort this out in his moderator role.