That seems a little bit extreme, why not just open the issue?
i'm not the parent, but that is the main reason i try to abstain from posting on public forums unless its under a pseudonym, which my github account isn't.
I'm not trying to say that my anonymity is guaranteed with irc, its just unlikely that future employers and similar link it to me.
Requiring everyone to sign in with full, verified name limits what people can talk about.
In fact I'd almost recommend against commenting online on anything using your full name.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...