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

Wed Dec 20 13:35:54 UTC 2006

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