It would still be required here, Craig...but we ran out of combinations for people. Hence the reason we still require the "real name" field in the user bit to the left of the posts.
You may stumble across some people who don't have a "real name" in place. And that's the result of...
Brent: My advice would be to just have a friendly, well-moderated site. If women are interested in the topic, they'll come. And whoever comes to take part, treat them well and they will return. That's one of the basic tenets here. And it's one of the reasons our rules are structured the way...
There are more women amongst the HTF membership than just Elizabeth S and TowerGrove...although they are certainly two of our most prominent recently. There is also Krysten (who I believe has a joint membership that she shares with her husband.
And there have been many others over the years...