[Foundation-l] Throwing some data onto the flamefest fire (was: English Wikipedia ethnocentric policy affects other communities)

[Birgitte SB]

--- Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/22/06, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > I think we have a different idea of what active
> is.
> 
> No we dont, you're making the mistake of assuming my
> reply was to the
> message you just sent rather than the one you sent
> earlier.
> 
> > The non-latin reasoning was specifically
> > added to {{UsernameBlocked}} on Oct. 16.
> 
> The only policy related to non-latin names has been
> around for nearly a year.
> 
> [snip]
> > But if you
> > believe a different time-period would be
> siginificant
> > please explain.
> 
> I'm building the list you requested right now. It
> takes some time to
> scan through millions of edits.
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Sorry about the confusion on messages.  I realise the
policy had mentioned non-latin usernames earlier but
it appears that the name changes were not always
enforced with blocks.  This practice seems to have
become standard in October.

Birgitte SB


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