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Funny thing: [[User:Puggdogg]] is generally known to be (female) Australian Lindsay Walker. So why the credit to ''Michael Collins''? We're used to a real name and a screen name; three are
Funny thing: [[User:Puggdogg]] is generally known to be (female) Australian Lindsay Walker. So why the credit to ''Michael Collins''? We're used to a real name and a screen name; three are
confusing. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 21:21, 6 January 2013 (GMT)
confusing. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 21:21, 6 January 2013 (GMT)
This confused me too. for a long time I thought [[User:Puggdogg]]  was male - I noted the "Michael Collins" bit - and was surprised to discover she was really called Lindsay. I did wonder if "Michael Collins" was a pseudonym, as historically he was one of the revolutionary leaders of the original IRA who led the Easter Rising in 1916 and fought in the Civil War in 1921, gaining Irish independence. It's not a bad pseudonym for a romantically-minded person to take...[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 09:03, 7 January 2013 (GMT)

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Funny thing: User:Puggdogg is generally known to be (female) Australian Lindsay Walker. So why the credit to Michael Collins? We're used to a real name and a screen name; three are confusing. --Old Dickens (talk) 21:21, 6 January 2013 (GMT)

This confused me too. for a long time I thought User:Puggdogg was male - I noted the "Michael Collins" bit - and was surprised to discover she was really called Lindsay. I did wonder if "Michael Collins" was a pseudonym, as historically he was one of the revolutionary leaders of the original IRA who led the Easter Rising in 1916 and fought in the Civil War in 1921, gaining Irish independence. It's not a bad pseudonym for a romantically-minded person to take...AgProv (talk) 09:03, 7 January 2013 (GMT)