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| − | Every year thousand of tourists visit Santa Claus's Workshop at the NorthPole and discover his work. This workshop is place where Santa and his dwarves make our Christmas Cards, which you can order now form our site. They are unique and every single card has collection price. This is the ideal gift for children, friends and family. The cards from Santa Claus are marked with authentic Santa's stamp.
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| − | == Real Connections, Real Community ==
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| − | [[Image:RealPerson.png|left]]People and organizations no sooner start to take you seriously, as when you act with responsibility as a real person. Using your real name, backed up by things like your picture and interests, makes real world interactions in culture, politics and business possible, realistic, effective and useful.
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| − | Isn't a person more likely to join a community online, if they see that there are real people involved, instead of characters like RedDog88, Snivelcritter, etc ?
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| − | [[Image:ipreferrealpeopleslide.png|left]]
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| − | Professionalism, trust, and community all emerge, when real people are involved, standing behind their work. Using your real name substantiates your commitment to [[Transparency| transparency]] and allows others to better collaborate with you. It also creates a greater investment in your work.
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| − | Using a real name, however, is not a requirement for participation -- look around, get your bearings, and once you come to know the vibrant, trusting community at [[AboutUs]], make the switch.
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| − | | + | Every year thousand of tourists visit Santa Claus's Workshop at the NorthPole and discover his work. This workshop is place where Santa and his dwarves make our Christmas Cards, which you can order now form our site. They are unique and every single card has collection price. This is the ideal gift for children, friends and family. The cards from Santa Claus are marked with authentic Santa's stamp. |
| − | You'll see many of our community members making posts, edits and suggestion using their ''real names''. We encourage you to do the same.
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| − | == Connecting to the Core == | |
| − | [[RealPeople]] is central to our mission at AboutUs of connecting people and organizations and it provides a vital component to our Core of values. The openness of [[RealPeople]] requires a trust in the community that arises only when you [[AssumeGoodFaith]]. It is also helps catalyze the communication necessary to creating a consensus, a vital part of the communal work of [[ItsAboutUs]]. Using real names also helps the effort to [[BeABuilder]] because it allows community members to recognize each others' accomplishments and reward and recognize each other.
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| − | == Other Communities that also Prefer RealPeople ==
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| − | * [[PortlandPatternRepository]]
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| − | * [[MeatballWiki]]
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| − | * [[Citizendium.org]] [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges RecentChanges] (weblog post [http://blog.citizendium.org/2008/02/27/why-citizendium/ Real names are better])
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| − | == Okay! Switch Me! ==
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| − | I'd like to switch to my real name but my account is already using a [[Pseudonym]]. Please switch me to my real name:
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| − | * ''add yours here''
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| − | * [[User:NickBurrus|Nick Burrus]] was [[User:Skydork|Skydork]]
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| − | * [[User:cindy krcmarik|cindy krcmarik]] was [[User:Ckrcmarik]]
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| − | * [[Drew Myers]] ... was [[User:Dclacroix]]
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| − | * [[DannyG]] ... was [[User:Master Baitor]]
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| − | == Spread the Word ==
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| − | The following list of folks understand and practice the [[WikiWayLesson]] described on this page. Furthermore, they are actively propagating the [[RealPeople]] [[Meme]] by adding <nowiki>{{Badge:IPreferRealPeople}}</nowiki> to their [[PersonalPage]].
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| − | [[Category:AboutUs:Glossary]]
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| − | [[Category:WikiAnatomy]]
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| − | [[Category:WikiWayLesson]]
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| − | [[Category:AboutUsValues]]
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