# Is anyone here mentioned in a thread?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 29, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-mentioned-in-a-thread/677421 "2013-12-29T18:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-mentioned-in-a-thread/677421/41 "2014-01-03T06:58:25Z")

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Well sort of. In my real-world academic life I’m a professor. My “name” has been cited in a thread here in reference to the “XYZ model”, where X Y and Z are the first letters of last names. I’m one of those.

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**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-mentioned-in-a-thread/677421/42 "2014-01-03T17:28:59Z")

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Several years back I was participating in a discussion about a movie in CS, and someone disagreed with me and suggested that I check out a particular fansite and read the essays there. I was able to reply truthfully that not only had I seen the site, I’d actually written one of the essays. 🆒 I hadn’t used my real name, though – I think it was actually posted under the name Lamia, although it may have been one of the other names I use online instead.

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