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

[geni]

On 12/22/06, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
> What functionality is impaired by not being able to read the username,
> given that MediaWiki makes all these things clickable?

The ability to remeber who the heck someone was. I can remeber Kasuga.
I can't remeber こきりこ.

If I'm dealing with a problem user who I can't neutralise on sight it
is helpful if can remember who they are

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geni