Are you sure an apostrophe is required and that it is not Parkinsons Law of Triviality?
El 23 de abril de 2012 16:09, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> escribió: > Ladies and gentlemen, > > I fear we may be in danger of falling afoul of Parkinson's Law of > Triviality here.... > > Richard Symonds > Office & Development Manager > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0992 > 07885 764 613 > > Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Company Limited > by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. > Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development > House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, > amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization > with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. > > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk > > > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Deryck Chan <deryckc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would recommend putting square brackets (and maybe "User:") around the >> username whenever both real name and username are supplied. It's seldom >> immediately obvious which name is the username and which name is the real >> name if you don't speak the other person's mother language! >> >> Deryck >> >> >> 2012/4/23 Delphine Ménard <notafi...@gmail.com> >> >>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Deryck Chan <deryckc...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Dear organizing team, >>> > >>> > Thanks for offering 4 check-boxes for the details on the badge! May I >>> ask, >>> > how will the details be presented? I think it'll be a useful piece of >>> > information for many of us whose username is the same as our real >>> name. If >>> > it looks like >>> > >>> > First Last >>> > username >>> > project >>> > >>> > it'll be a bit redundant for us to have our name written exactly the >>> same >>> > way twice; but if it looks like >>> >>> Well, my username has nothing to do with my real name :) So it won't >>> be redundant for all :P >>> > >>> > First Last >>> > [[User:Username]]@project >>> >>> This said, I think that having: [[Username]] (ie. the brackets around >>> the user name) is a nice way to avoid complete redundancy when the >>> Username is the same as the First and Last Name. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Delphine >>> >>> -- >>> @notafish >>> >>> NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will >>> get lost. >>> Intercultural musings: Ceci n'est pas une endive - >>> http://blog.notanendive.org >>> Photos with simple eyes: notaphoto - http://photo.notafish.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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