n Mar 9, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Brion Vibber wrote:
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Jim Hu wrote:
I also find that when recruiting people who've been using computers a lot they reflexively type all lowercase into the Create and account box. So...what's the reasoning behind the uppercase first letter rule?
So you won't scream and yell when your username doesn't work on the other wikis without the full-case-sensitive option, but instead transparently works everywhere (due to the automatic uppercasing).
OK, that sort of makes sense. But I was actually wondering why this was chosen to be the setup way back in mediawiki history, before they changed the water. Not asking you to change it...just wondering.
Jim
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