----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthere" <anthere6(a)yahoo.com>
To: <wikitech-l(a)wikipedia.org>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] New username validation
--- Toby Bartels <toby+wikipedia(a)math.ucr.edu> wrote:
Brion Vibber wrote in part:
We may wish to do a case-_in_sensitive check,
and/or a
same-except-for-accents check. Or not. Anyway, I
think it could use some
tidying up.
We'll probably never think of every way to mimic a
previous user.
If there's an easy check to do (and there clearly
are some),
then go ahead, but ultimately we'll need to rely on
policy:
If somebody creates a username for fraudulent
purposes
(as [[Fr:Utilisateur:Anthère]] was), then it should
be removed
(as [[En:User:Throbbing Monster Cock]] was, for
other reasons).
-- Toby
Hum. Today, on the french wiki, a utilisateur:Fare
appeared.
We also have a utilisateur:Faré, who is the same (I
guess, I am not even entirely sure) than the
user:Faré.
On the en wiki, you also have a user:Fare, who I guess
is the same person than user:Faré.
I am not entirely sure than User:Faré is the same than
Utilisateur:Faré though, for en appear to accept
entirely Faré edits, when these are considered highly
POV on french wiki.
However, in any case, I doubt very much that
utilisateur:Fare is the same than utilisateur:Faré.
You might consider it is not important. But I have 4
user names here. And I don't think I have 1 person. It
does not help human relationships and trust.
Anthere (the most famous one, not the others :-))
It's exactly why I'm for showing IP like before with UseMod Wiki.
It can not figure out all problems but can solve a great part of them.
If the french community agree, can we have this feature back to
?
Aoineko
PS : Anthere, I send you the Anthère password, change it then no one else
will be able to use it. For other names, I can't help.