[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 π–’π–†π–˜π–™π–—π–” ("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?


it’s normal, we allow unicode characters for usernames, and there is no tolerant β€œsearchβ€œ 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).

 π–’π–†π–˜π–™π–—π–” has nothing to do with mastro, although it might look as if it has.

Cheers Martin 



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