[WikiEN-l] Pruning "dead" accounts (was Re: New York Times article)

[Steve Bennett]

On 6/19/06, Chris Lüer <chris at zandria.net> wrote:
> Is there are a reason why user names with weird Unicode characters
> are even allowed? It would seem sensible to limit user names on each
> Wikipedia to the alphabet that is used in that language.

That's probably excessively restrictive. I don't see that a name like
"Erik Möller" or "Café Paris" should necessarily be banned...but some
of the more esoteric characters are definitely more trouble than
they're worth.

Steve