guest - I don't give a damn whether you belong to mudcat or not. what I do care about is *NOT* having to talk to a faceless, voiceless non-entity hidden behind a wall when there are countless numbers of other faceless, voiceless non-entities also talking from behind the wall. I'd like to have a tag of some sort to be able to address.

Hell - even LH's made up characters post consistently when he posts under their names.

it's not that you are more credible if you post under a consistent handle - it's that those who read your posts are able to discern which posts are "you" - and thus more likely to able to extract the information you are trying to convey.