[Foundation-l] English Wikipedia ethnocentric policy affects other communities

[Brion Vibber]

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Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> What Aphaia means is that people have asked to change their Japanese 
> name because of the insistence of the English project that people have a 
> Latin name. With the long hoped for single login this policy of the 
> English Wikipedia HAS to go the way of the dinosaur. It is unfortunate 
> that this policy is still active.

No such policy exists, far as I know. If some vigilante group is trying
to enforce it, they need to be told that Wikipedia and Wikimedia have no
such restriction.

Of course people are free to change their usernames if they wish.

- -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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