Some weeks ago, we restarted speak to switch the French Wikipedia to UTF-8. The discussion deadline was schedule to yesterday and a very large consensus is achieved:
* For: 27,
* Neutral: 1,
* Against: 0.
The only concerns relate to tell users how to get a Unicode compliant browser and fix eventual problem the switch may generate.
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Is my vote included here ?
I hope you will not follow the opinion of some to just ban and automatically revert those using non utf browsers as some users were suggesting :-)
Was the page of explanation for these unfortunate users set as suggested before the switch ?
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Is my vote included here ?
You didn't express any opposition, just ask to create help page (that we all agree). You didn't vote, so how your vote may be included!? That doesn't mean we didn't hear your arguments, but if you don't express clearly any opposition, how can we guess?
I hope you will not follow the opinion of some to just ban and
automatically revert those using non utf browsers as some users were suggesting :-)
Anyone is free to express his own suggestion; that don't make them rules. I'm personally fully against this idea.
Was the page of explanation for these unfortunate users set as suggested
before the switch ?
We are working on:
* http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%E9dia:Unicode
* http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%E9dia:Unicode/Test
* http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%E9dia:Test_Unicode_arabe
* http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%E9dia:Navigateur
If you want more, help us ;o)
Anyhow, it will be easier to surround all problems after the switch. How to speak about problem we don't have yet?
I don't understand why you wait the discussion is done to express you? You just want to express your disgust about a too pretty consensus? ;o)
Aoineko
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