Authenticated people on CUK

[Gonzo]

It doesn't stop RC being a sockpuppet.

Is Sockpuppet really the right word, or do you mean just a new identity?

A sockpuppet is a bad thing on a forum because it is used to misrepresent support (usually) for it's creator.

A new identity to replace a previous one is OK in my book.

I have long had my suspicions but I don't care and don't want to know.

[TheFaQQer]

Exactly

I've lost count of the number of times I've almost referred to RC by his original ID

I don't know RC's original ID.

I do know his real name and phone number, though, if that's any use

[TimberWolf]

Sorry, I should have mentioned norrahe, alreadypacked, and bunk. But a pattern seemed to be developing where each post added only one new name.

I was trying to start from a solid base with the intention of updating later.

What I propose to do next is loosen up the authentication criteria and let others decide for themselves how trusted are each IDs authenticators, of which there would have to be at least two, to make it on to the list. I think for now those two should have been authenticated themselves, though that criteria could be loosened up further later. I'll also place the updated list in the first post of the thread as an edit, to make it easier to see the latest list. Fair?

[TimberWolf]

Is Sockpuppet really the right word, or do you mean just a new identity?

A sockpuppet is a bad thing on a forum because it is used to misrepresent support (usually) for it's creator.

A new identity to replace a previous one is OK in my book.

I have long had my suspicions but I don't care and don't want to know.

I suspect alias would be a better word in that instance.

[TheFaQQer]

The number of posters with more posts than RC is quite small, so it would be one of these people:

• zeitghost More fingers than teeth 19,280
• AtW Lord of Squirrels 17,789
• sasguru Better than AtW 16,883
• DimPrawn Richer than sasguru 16,269
• Churchill doGlike 14,216
• Zippy Party Animal 9,784
• Bagpuss Godlike 9,489
• TheFaQQer Lord of the FAQ 9,004
• EternalOptimist The beerded one 8,938
• Diver Lord of Ruin 8,399
• SallyAnne Godlike like 7,890
• voodooflux Godlike 7,844
• threaded Godlike 7,780
• Moscow Mule Godlike 7,465
• expat Godlike 7,244
• oracleslave Godlike 6,967
• The Lone Gunman Tosser amongst Tossers 6,829
• Xenophon Geeklike 6,718
• cailin maith Bazzalike 6,611
• TimberWolf Godlike 6,566
• Mich the Tester Godlike 6,528
• wendigo100 Godlike 6,457
• Toolpusher Godlike 6,374
• DaveB Nice But Dim 6,348

It's you isn't it?

Unless, of course, his original ID has lots of posts but a low post count (e.g. lots of LR posts). For example, BrilloPad (and I'm not suggesting that RC is BP) has many posts but a strangely low post count.

[TheFaQQer]

FWIW, I have plenty of alternate logins (just in case the ban comes again ), however I rarely post under any of the others.

I'm prepared to confess that I am not Sasguru, AtW or DimPrawn though.

[Halcyon]

I am as sure as I can be that I am me even though I have met none of you.

In fact if I am not me, whose face have I just shaved

better haul my @rse to the spring bash to see if everyone who claims to exist can form anthropomorphic projections in my own sphere of reality, or failing that, get outside a few beers...

[TheFaQQer]

I can verify that ZeitGhost99 is a thoroughly good chap.

parrot

[Doggy Styles]

Good God! All my sockpuppets have become self-aware!

Admin - is it too late to pull the plug?

[RichardCranium]

I'm prepared to confess that I am not Sasguru, AtW or DimPrawn though.

All three are the same person anyway.