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

[Rich Holton]

Anthere wrote:
> Rich Holton wrote:
>> Andrey wrote:
>>
>>> We talk about the English-language Wikipedia here, no? Other Wikimedia
>>> projects allow usernames in non-Latin scripts, as best I know. For instance,
>>> in Russian wikipedia, you may get a username in Cyrillic. Most complaints
>>> are from those editors who have a non-Latin username in their national
>>> wikipedia and fail to see why they can't keep it in English wikipedia. Best,
>>> Andrey
>>>
>> Single User Login (SUL) _is_ coming soon. This means that someone with a 
>> login on the Russian Wikipedia will be able to have the same username on 
>> the English Wikipedia (just as an example).
>>
>> The question is, are we ready for this?
>>
>> -Rich
>> _______________________________________________
> 
> More than "will be able to have". "Will have to have".
> It will be one account for all projects.
> 
> Ant
> 
Yes. Thanks for that important clarification.
-Rich