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

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

On 12/20/06, Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> 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
>
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"BUT, soon, this will not be possible any more. All users will have only
ONE account."

Nothing is keeping users from creating a separate account under another name
if they want to have different identities on different wikis for a
legitimate reason.

Mgm