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Littlestone Mar 30, 2007 08:15:57
Replying to Rhiannon

Surely though, it's not really 'acceptable' in a serious bit of research.
I don't see why it should be unacceptable to quote information from a person who prefers to use a pseudonym and wants to remain anonymous - artistic and literary material is frequently quoted as anon. If the information is accurate or worthwhile it will stand or fall as such. Seems to me that it is common courtesy to respect the author's anonymity and to treat his or her pseudonym with the same respect as one would their 'real' name.

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Mar 30, 2007 09:22:05
Replying to Littlestone

'artistic and literary material is frequently quoted as anon'
I must say I'm not really aware of this - maybe I don't quite know what you mean by it?

Also I'm not quite sure why a person would want to remain anonymous if they stand by their views, unless they're the type of views that are going to get them into trouble. (I don't necessarily think that 'Hob' and 'Chris Collyer' would have wanted their real names kept out of the paper - maybe they weren't asked or contacted).

I don't think putting people's pseudonyms into inverted commas implies disrespect either, it's just a grammatical acknowledgement that they are pseudonyms, surely.