5fc8: I obviously can't "prove" that I am the same person that has been posting under this handle for years...and not sure what the point of doing so would be (though going head-to-head with you on obscure, long-since deleted SJMR trivia sounds fun). You are right that I am not a "Trump troll" and that I was very supportive of Beakman's efforts - for example, see any of my surviving commentary on "site troll" bans one and two - until it was clear that he either didn't have the time or energy to follow through. To others speculating on my identity, the JW thing made me laugh. Wisconsin was never a big player on SJMR...certainly not in the concerted and coordinated way that people at a small handful of other top departments were.
- The SJMR Historian