[OSM-talk] OSM nicknames are Unicode characters? (not Ascii?)
Martin Koppenhoefer
dieterdreist at gmail.com
Thu May 28 13:30:40 UTC 2020
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> On 28. May 2020, at 15:08, mbranco2 <mbranco2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was surprised finding an OSM username written in gothic characters: I'm not sure if this mailing list could show such font, the nickname is ππππππ ("mastro" in normal characters).
> The problem is that, if you want to access this user profile, you've to copy and paste his name written with such font, searching with osm.org/user/mastro give no results.
>
> Isn't this an anomaly?
itβs normal, we allow unicode characters for usernames, and there is no tolerant βsearchβ behind osm.org/user/username
AGAIK it requires the exact string (maybe whitespace trimmed) that the mapper has used for registering.
If the user had written in a different script which you do not have available on your keyboard you would have had equally to use copy+paste (or click on a link to the user).
ππππππ has nothing to do with mastro, although it might look as if it has.
Cheers Martin
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