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····•• BACKGROUND ••····

A day or two ago, the September Editor of the Month award was given to an Editor who has literally NEVER posted ANY content under his own username. The award was based ENTIRELY on myTakes he posted as "anonymous".

When the award was given, this Editor was -- of course -- NAMED as the winner.
Not only was he named, but he was also IDENTIFIED as the author of several of these -- purportedly "anonymous" -- myTakes.

In other words, his anonymity was suddenly revoked... at least for the myTakes mentioned in the award thread.

····•• THE QUESTION/ISSUE ••····

If "editor of the month" includes anonymous work, then...

... the "community" aspect of the site is undermined, since the community can't really engage meaningfully with the author;

and, MUCH more importantly,
... the integrity of the "Anonymous" label -- and, by extention, the integrity of the site itself -- is tarnished.
I don't think this particular editor really cares, but, I'd imagine that MOST anonymous authors choose to be anonymous for a reason -- and I think it's important to respect that choice.
To me, at least, it's a violation of trust to suddenly NAME anonymous authors -- even under the guise of giving an award.

Is this OK? What do you think?