I'm not sure exactly what's been deleted in the time it's taken me to write this ?
So please treat this as a general comment rather than a response to a specific problematic personality....

I had'nt planned reposting to this thread as I guess I've said enough to try to make a constructive effective contribution.


But..

Pseudonames, nom de plumes, aka's, secret identities, fictional identities, etc..
as invented & used by artists & entertainers are diverse and a rich and glorious part of our shared cultural history.

"Luke the Drifter", "Ivor Biggun", "Buster Poindexter", "Purple Helmets", "The Dukes of Stratosphear"..

just a hint of the innumerable instances of artists stretching out beyond the confines of their more well known public personas.

Quite often an open secret as much as any genuine attempt to fool an audience
for whatever playful, fun, silly, creatively discrete, or commercial reason.

For the most part usually benign, non malevolent in intent.


Now in the case of mudcat ID imposters, the devious fraudster may be able to throw IP detection methods off the trail
via anonymisers, etc.

But the person being impersonated should still be verifiable by their regular pattern of geographical IP range,
even if connected by Dynamic IP.

I'm no techwizz expert, but am fairly sure of the parts of the UK I am more likely to be pinned down to.
Anywhere else would stick out very questionbly.

Right now google reckons I am located at "Bath, UK".
Wrong, but nearer say than Croydon or Loughborough, or anywhere over the Atlantic..

I've never made a secret of my daft name games.
Joe I'm sure, as well now as Jeri, have more than probably been aware
and kept an eye on my jokey ID activities all these years.

That they tolerate it, is testament to the good humour & better nature of mudcat authorities.

There is a place here for marginally dysfunctional undisciplined anti authoritarian minds like mine,
provided we are respectful of the greater community, and never deliberately malicious & destructive.

[ok maybe once or twice a year on birthday and new years drinking bender - sorry guys]


Now as for my recent and currently active forum stalker/ID imposter, who knows why or what you're up to..!!??

more to the point who cares.


Right now, clearing up the mess after the wife stepped in dogshit on the pavement outside our front door
is a far more irritating real hazard of modern social life.