Magnus Manske wrote:
So I'm user "Magnus Manske" on en, de, meta, and I-don't-know-what. Suppose someone created a user "Magnus Manske" (unlikely for that name, but anyway;-) on, say, the French wikipedia, a week ago. He has edited three articles since then. He sees the new user system a minute before me and signs on. So he gets to keep the "Magnus Manske" user and I'll have to change my user name?
Those cases can be resolved manually, that goes without saying.
-- Tim Starling