That seems to imply a Law of Triviality that only those systems involving parkinsons.....
Seddon On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org>wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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