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| Disguise is fine ... |
A few months ago, when Merpel's blogposts on the goings-on at the European Patent Office attracted a large number of comments, she instituted a rule that readers' comments would only be moderated if they were posted in the name of their author or under a pseudonym. This was not an attempt to discourage comments: the idea was to make it easier for readers to follow strings of discussion between comment-posters. Since the number of comments on a blogpost can easily exceed 100 (for example the Katpost on 13 August on
partial priority of patent applications which has already notched up 120), task of identifying the same comment-poster as the source of all his or her comments is arduous if they can only be identified as "Anonymous of 09:53" or suchlike. However, it is much easier to follow and participate in a discussion if the comments are posted under real names or pseudonyms like "MaxDrei", "Meldrew", "US Anon" or "Proof of the Pudding".
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The "real name or pseudonym" rule has worked so well for the limited number of blogposts for which it was imposed that the IPKat and Merpel have decided to extend it to all blogposts. Please therefore be sure to mention your real name or a pseudonym when posting a comment. Failure to do so will result in your comment not being accepted by the moderator. Since most readers won't be used to this rule, the IPKat and Merpel will be making it binding only with effect from next
Monday, 7 September. But do practise getting it right in the meantime. This notice will be repeated a few times over the coming week, for those who either read the blog infrequently or have poor memories ...
Thanks for your cooperation -- and for your comments!
