--- Toby Bartels toby+wikipedia@math.ucr.edu wrote:
Brion Vibber wrote in part:
We may wish to do a case-_in_sensitive check,
and/or a
same-except-for-accents check. Or not. Anyway, I
think it could use some
tidying up.
We'll probably never think of every way to mimic a previous user. If there's an easy check to do (and there clearly are some), then go ahead, but ultimately we'll need to rely on policy: If somebody creates a username for fraudulent purposes (as [[Fr:Utilisateur:Anth�re]] was), then it should be removed (as [[En:User:Throbbing Monster Cock]] was, for other reasons).
-- Toby
Hum. Today, on the french wiki, a utilisateur:Fare appeared.
We also have a utilisateur:Far�, who is the same (I guess, I am not even entirely sure) than the user:Far�.
On the en wiki, you also have a user:Fare, who I guess is the same person than user:Far�.
I am not entirely sure than User:Far� is the same than Utilisateur:Far� though, for en appear to accept entirely Far� edits, when these are considered highly POV on french wiki.
However, in any case, I doubt very much that utilisateur:Fare is the same than utilisateur:Far�.
You might consider it is not important. But I have 4 user names here. And I don't think I have 1 person. It does not help human relationships and trust.
Anthere (the most famous one, not the others :-))
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