[Wikipedia-l] Getting rid of nicknames

Fri May 16 22:27:57 UTC 2003

The Cunctator wrote:

>People should not use unpronounceable nicknames.

>People should not use nicknames that are made up of non-alphabetical
>characters.

I don't see what's wrong with these.
The Chinese nicknames were a problem, since some people couldn't view them.
º¡º's username, however, is viewable by anybody that can use [[en:]].
Whenever I see "º¡º", I know exactly who it is.

That said, I see no real need to support nicknames.
"º¡º", after all, is not a nickname.

-- Toby