>  > Everyone is a bit different.  I ask for Name, handle, city and state (or   
    >  > country), sex, and email.  Thats it.   
    >  >               xxcarol   
    >  >   
    >    
    > Hi Carol,   
    >   That makes a lot of sense. Some information is good for knowing   
    > about people. Like age and location. It's always interesting to   
    > know where someone is from. What their native language might then   
    > be etc. However, the only verifiable information is really the   
    > e-mail address. Since few of us use the old copper lines for our   
    > computer communications any more, a phone number doesn't mean   
    > anything anyway. It would also not make sense to demand that   
    > a person _get_ a phone just to qualify for use of a board.   
      
   I only ask for the email so I can let folks know about system issues or BRE   
   resets.  Stuff like that.  The system doesnt require a real entry there at   
   all (or even any I think).   
      
   I like the display of city/state or city country is all.   
              xxcarol   
      
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