Matt R wrote:
--- Anthere <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
There is still the issue of
"recognising" names, and a guideline for
that matter might be helpful. But it is not okay to force people to
change their user name just to fit one wikipedia rules.
I disagree. I don't think it's OK to allow editors on the English language
Wikipedia to have names that are going to be unmemorable and indistinguishable
for most other editors.
Perhaps the software can be set-up so that users with non-Latin-script names
can specify a transliteration of their username for en?
-- Matt
Please re-read what I wrote above. I didnot say an editor with a non
latin caracter name will necessarily edit the english wikipedia as is.
Solutions have been suggested, some suitable, maybe others non suitable.
But I repeat. There is no way the english wikipedia will force a
japanese editor to change his name to a name he can not himself read and
understand. Editors will be able to create accounts in a wide variety of
scripts. We pride ourselves in being an international project. If this
is so, editors should have the opportunity to work on wikipedia with a
user name they are able to understand.
A good question from Abigail. I did not see any answer to, and I hope
Brion can give a feedback on this.
She said
Does anyone know how SUL will work with the "new users" log?
Currently, we monitor the new users log, and then sometimes block
obvious sleeper accounts. Do we get a single new users log for all
wikimedia projects? Or will there be an "activate my SUL account on
this project" button that will put an entry in a site-specific new
users log, or what?
Brion ? How will that work ?
Ant