[Foundation-l] To all non latin wikis please start blocking latin wiki accounts

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi Bryan,
It is not polite nor helpful to say that someone is "immature and 
moreover a hypocrite". The only result is that you inflame the situation 
even more. It is bad as it is.
Thanks,
     GerardM


Bryan Tong Minh schreef:
> * Don't disrupt Wikipedia to prove a point
>
> Let me myself add something: You're hate for anglosaxon related
> subjects is disconcerning. Your prejudgment prevents any constructive
> discussion.  You have just proven yourself to be immature and moreover
> a hypocrite. Please notice that your comments are in no way helpful,
> and prevents any further discussion.
>
> Bryan
>
> On 12/22/06, Walter van Kalken <walter at vankalken.net> wrote:
>   
>> After Gregory's action I want to ask all wiki's who use non-latin
>> languages as their standard to start blocking all latin character user
>> accounts and demand they use accountnames in your script, especially
>> those of en.wikipedians actively supporting this en: policy.
>>
>> Maybe this way they will understand on en: that there action is
>> extremely biased and very very bad as they seem to insist to keep
>> blocking good users like admins from other wiki's simply because people
>> want to use their REAL NAME.
>>
>> Start with Gregory's account btw.
>>
>> Waerth
>>
>>     
>>> Gregory Maxwell schreef:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On 12/22/06, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> The en.WP Username policy has been changed.
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Username&curid=168684&diff=95920637&oldid=95900078
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Unfortunatly, it was changed without any valid basis.
>>>>
>>>> It is not acceptable to remove longstanding policy simply because some
>>>> people on a mailing list decided to speculate randomly and accuse
>>>> enwiki of "ethnocentricism" without substantiation.
>>>>
>>>> As a result I've reverted the change and contributed some suggestions
>>>> to the talk page.
>>>>
>>>> I agree that the policy should be *improved* to address the real
>>>> concerns brought up, and to be more friendly to users who work across
>>>> many languages.  Simply removing the section does not, however,
>>>> address the very real issues which caused the creation of the policy
>>>> in the first place.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Hoi,
>>> Some people congratulated me with the outcome of this affair. My
>>> reaction was that it did not feel like a victory because I feel bruised
>>> by the experience. Having said this, your suggestion that there has been
>>> no substantiation about the grievance that was put forward is seriously
>>> wrong. The notion that it is up to you to revert this change continues
>>> to make this affair even more painful. Simply reverting this change and
>>> thereby denying that many of the reasons why this policy was put in
>>> place is seriously wrong.
>>>
>>> I have to say I am increasingly upset by this affair.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>     GerardM
>