On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:32:34 -0500, Ryan Lomonaco <wiki.ral...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Rather than implementing MediaWiki code that could be controversial,
> there's
> probably an easier solution that requires no code:
> 
> - Add a pseudo-namespace (such as the WP: prefix on Wikipedia, WN: on
> Wikinews, etc.) that forwards from Benutzerin to Benutzer (and the
relevant
> User talk namespaces).  This would mean that either Benutzer or
Benutzerin
> would successfully link to one's user pages.
> 

My understanding is that this is how it has been realized in Russian
Wikipedia for years already: we have for some female users Участница:X
rather than Участник:Х (default). It seems to work, and nobody ever
complained.

Cheers
Yaroslav

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