[Foundation-l] Automatic username transliteration for SUL

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> David Gerard schreef:
>> On 21/12/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> When you get ?????? it makes sense to install more fonts. The use of IPA
>>> is problematic because it is often done incorrectly and most people have
>>> not had training to do IPA correctly. It takes a lot of training to do
>>> this correctly. My name for instance is notoriously difficult to
>>> pronounce for people who are not Dutch while even a name like "Bob"
>>> should be written in many ways when you consider in how many ways it is
>>> pronounced.
>>>     
>>
>> Indeed. But we're not going to be able to make it a requirement of
>> editing en:wp that users install more fonts on their (arguably broken)
>> default-install Windows box.
>>
>>
>> - d.
> Hoi,
> You do not have to make it a requirement as it is their option to 
> upgrade their system with better font support. As there is a reasonable 
> solution that is open to people, it is unreasonable to expect others to 
> accommodate them by insisting on having a transliteration, a Latin nick, 
> having people appear to be a number.\
> 

"I am a man, not a number!"...

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