* Iustin Pop <ius...@debian.org> [241124 14:41]: > On 2024-11-24 14:37:24, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > > * Bjørn Mork <bj...@mork.no> [241124 11:45]: > > > Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <jo...@mister-muffin.de> writes: > > > > > > > But my 2 cents on the topic are: Lets please allow more than ascii in > > > > usernames. I find it very uncomfortable every time I have to tell my > > > > students > > > > that sorry, you somehow have to manage writing your name using American > > > > letters > > > > because that's all we have after half a century of Computers being a > > > > thing... > > > > > > You are confusing usernames and names. Different concepts with > > > different rules. Let's just hope you never get two students with the > > > same name. > > > > I find your reply massively insulting, and I'm not even the original > > author. > > Massively?
Yes. > > Usernames (not the "comment" field) are identifiers, and humans care > > about the identifiers used for them. > > > > Yes, some humans don't care if you assign them a random 32byte > > string as their username. Enough humans however, do have > > preferences. In some countries humans even have a right to choose > > how they are being adressed. > > And what relation does the username used for logging in have to "being > addressed"? Isn't it akin a passport/ID card number? No. I see and type my username hundreds times a day, people use it to address me in written and spoken conversations with it, etc. If it were my uid, which I see maybe once a week and don't have to remember, I wouldn't care. Chris
