On 23/12/06, Luna lunasantin@gmail.com wrote:
I think we need to find a "middle road," if at all possible. System transliteration seems to be the only such proposal -- if anybody else has got any ideas, now's the time.
Which is more useful on a given wiki:
a) System transliteration into the script(s) of that wiki (which will apparently lead to tremendous offence to people not even using the wiki); b) Optionally append a user-ID number to the non-local script name, and have this user-ID work for blocks, log-checking, etc. (will apparently offend people who want to be "????????" rather than a number) c) Disallow both the above and require the usernames to be displayed in a script unreadable to the native speakers on that wiki (which will lead to near-automatic blocking as happens now, because you KNOW the vandals will exploit it big time)
- d.