Admin & editors can see poster? + optional fake username & checking against username base & rules ?

OK! I hadn't installed the module (have 300 modules & still arranging...), but thought it was interesting and didn't see the mentioned feature in the description; would be clarifying for visitors to the project page to add that info.

I downloaded the module now, but will take some time before I can test; site is empty and still working on many other initializing problems.

Considerations:

* If a site allows anonymous posters, there is not that a problem. But due to the enormous spamming on Drupal sites and advantages logged-in users can have, users have a user-name.

* Making the author hidden or "anonymous" is an option. Normally on Indymedia sites, the author can choose any (temporary) name, like "NN" (No Name) "FreeWilly" or whatever.

* Decide using that name sometimes and use another name in between for some other purposes and after some time maybe never use that name again, while always having the same user-name. Suppose it's not already in the module?

* Then more complex: if those 'fake' (user)names can be checked against existing user-names AND modules about user-name rules (like forbidden user-names and sequences in user-names) ?

* Maybe also the right (only optional, not obliged) to claim one or two fake user names. And maybe some names everyone can use and can't be claimed by only one user, like NN (No Name)... The last one is not that important (programming costs time..!), as there already is "Anonymous" or sometimes a renamed version of that user-role.

I uses the word user-nameS for the same user, but in fact I meant different screen-names. There is a module for user 1 to do so, in order to make it more difficult to enter that user account. I'm not sure if this Hidden Author module is the place for these features? Anyway, a module "screen-name" that covers all these features together, seems to lack..?

Then I see that there is an option in .../user/xxx/edit to change ones user-name, if that user-role has the permission set for that option in the user module...