[Foundation-l] [Wikitech-l] Primary account for single user login

[Chad]

If $wgAllowRealName were enabled, could that be used for this
purpose?

Being re-labeled in the language file from "Real name" to "Latin
character name" or somesuch.

-Chad

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Henning Schlottmann
<h.schlottmann at gmx.net> wrote:
> Tim Starling wrote:
>  > Henning Schlottmann wrote:
>  >> The first example is unavoidable, the second could be assumed to be
>  >> malicious and the user blocked. But how will you deal with a primary
>  >> user of the zh-WP, with a user name in Chinese characters, who starts to
>  >> edit on en-WP? Other users there will only see question marks or those
>  >> annoying little squares in the history.
>  >
>  > I think the most sensible solution is to have a configurable
>  > latin-alphabet alias for each user. Allowing it to be configurable means
>  > that users whose names have ambiguous pronunciation can choose a
>  > transliteration approximating the correct pronunciation, and users who
>  > have a customary ASCII nickname for use on less enlightened websites can
>  > use that.
>
>  ACK - a nummerical identifer would work too, but I agree that is has
>  negative connotations in some cultures.
>
>
>  > The alias would be globally unique. It could be displayed in brackets
>  > after the user's name in their own script, optionally depending on the
>  > preferences of the local wiki and the user. So the Chinese wiki wouldn't
>  > display aliases for Chinese users, and Mark Williamson could switch off
>  > the whole feature and learn everyone's name in their own script.
>
>  Would it be possible to add the option to change this alias with the
>  signature in the preferences?
>
>  Ciao Henning
>
>
>
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