Migrants to IJ, 2007

Well, yes. There are huge problems with the wiki. And I should note, just for the record, that long before this issue of fannish privacy became the latest wank, I had a very long (flocked) exchange with Laura in which I made clear how strenuously I object to her outing fans who have made it clear that they do not want their RL identities connected to their fannish pseudonym.

In the case of Astolat (and you know, I almost just typed her real name -- most folks I know use them interchangeably), I do feel as if some personal responsibility does need to come into play. Maybe she's just at the far end of a fannish continuum vis-a-vis fannish privacy issues, but given that she is so incredibly open about her RL identity in fandom and that she borrows from the authority of fannish experience in RL and vice-versa... it just seems kind of, well, sloppy and arrogant to expect that everyone is going to protect her privacy for her. Not that we shouldn't do it anyway -- the principle of the thing is what is important -- but it still kind of rubs me the wrong way.