[WikiEN-l] An observation

Thu Nov 9 16:44:29 UTC 2006

On 09/11/06, Matt R <matt_crypto at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Do I know (say) [[User:SpLoT]]'s gender?

This is where people using their real names[1] instead of inscrutable
handles comes in very useful. Of course, nobody would want a world
where every Wikipedia contributor wrote under their real name...
heaven forbid! [2]

> Should I care?

Almost certainly not.

> Surely we just want sensible, wiki-savvy, plain-old *people*?

Hear, hear.

[1] Cf. http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?RealName
[2] </sarcasm>. Although I just came across this proposal, which I really like:
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2004-April/021916.html

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