▁may ▁en force ▁conference ▁rules ▁on ▁civ ility ▁and / or ▁appropri aten ess . ▁Initial ly ▁all ▁hosts ▁were ▁selected ▁by ▁staff ▁members . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁G ail ▁Williams ▁changed ▁the ▁policies ▁to ▁enable ▁user - created ▁for ums . ▁Part icip ants ▁can ▁create ▁their ▁own ▁" in dependent " ▁personal ▁con ferences — e ither ▁view able ▁by ▁any ▁W E LL ▁member ▁or ▁priv ately ▁view able ▁by ▁those ▁members ▁on ▁a ▁restricted ▁membership ▁list — on ▁any ▁subject ▁they ▁please ▁with ▁any ▁rules ▁they ▁like . ▁ ▁Over all ▁support ▁and ▁super vision ▁of ▁the ▁confer encing ▁services ▁is ▁handled ▁by ▁several ▁staff ▁members , ▁often ▁referred ▁to ▁collect ively ▁as ▁" conf team ", ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁UN IX ▁user ▁account ▁used ▁by ▁staff ▁for ▁conference ▁maintenance . ▁They ▁have ▁more ▁system ▁oper ational ▁powers ▁than ▁conference ▁hosts , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁additional ▁social ▁authority ▁of ▁selecting ▁" feature d ▁conference " ▁hosts ▁and ▁closing ▁accounts ▁for ▁ab use . ▁ ▁W E LL ▁members ▁use ▁a ▁consistent ▁login ▁name ▁when ▁posting ▁messages , ▁and ▁a ▁non - fixed ▁pseud onym ▁field ▁alongside ▁it . ▁ ▁The ▁" pse ud " ▁( in ▁W E LL ▁parl ance ) ▁defaults ▁to ▁the ▁user ' s ▁real ▁name , ▁but ▁can ▁be ▁changed ▁at ▁will ▁and ▁so ▁often ▁reflect s ▁a ▁quot ation ▁from ▁another ▁user , ▁or ▁is ▁an ▁in - jo ke , ▁or ▁may ▁be ▁left ▁blank .