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Non-ASCII usernames[edit]

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Should non-ASCII usernames, going forward, not be allowed on Wikipedia? By "not allowed", this would mean that users from now on who had non-ASCII characters in their username would be soft-blocked (not hard blocked). If they had a transliteration of the non-ASCII characters (e.g. in parentheses afterwards), this would not cause them to be soft blocked, but a lack of any ASCII text alongside the non-ASCII characters (e.g. the Unicode symbols with only numbers/symbols afterwards) would cause them to be soft blocked. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 01:52, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

  • Support. Felt the need to mark it here as RFC questions should be neutral. I believe that non-ASCII usernames make it hard to find a user's page/talk page for future reference. Not everyone knows how to find specific language characters to do so. I think this would increase the ability to find users without having to worry about non-ASCII characters. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 01:52, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This smacks of something that could be construed as racism (albeit that would be a stretch). Also, it would be hard to implement this because we can't just block experienced editors on other wikis for coming here. LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 02:09, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@LilianaUwU: I really don't understand. They can just write their name in ASCII anyway. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 02:34, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, but someone who has a non-ASCII username won't change it for just one wiki. Also, unified login is a limitation. LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 02:35, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.