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Jim Hu wrote:
I also find that when recruiting people who've
been using computers a
lot they reflexively type all lowercase into the Create and account
box. So...what's the reasoning behind the uppercase first letter
rule?
So you won't scream and yell when your username doesn't work on the
other wikis without the full-case-sensitive option, but instead
transparently works everywhere (due to the automatic uppercasing).
- -- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com / brion @
wikimedia.org)
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