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List:       kde-community
Subject:    Re: Anonymous contributions
From:       Nate Graham <nate () kde ! org>
Date:       2019-04-16 21:05:05
Message-ID: 16a27f7b360.f089a0a127106.8731902939304004428 () kde ! org
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 ---- On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:58:26 -0600 Boudewijn Rempt <boud@valdyas.org> \
wrote ----  > On dinsdag 16 april 2019 22:31:38 CEST Nicolás Alvarez \
wrote:  > 
 > > It seems easier to whitelist legitimate mononyms on request...
 > 
 > No, no, no! You cannot do that, unless you have an exhaustive list of \
"valid mononyms" -- and you're still deluding yourself into the assumption \
that you can code something that can recognize a string as a valid name. \
You cannot do that. I cannot do that. Nobody can do that. We must stop \
trying to do that. It's a delusion with bad consequences.

I think he's saying that specific people with known legitimate mononyms \
should have their names whitelisted, not that there should be an attempt to \
whitelist some class of mononyms.

This would work, but I like the elegance of Friedrich's idea of a \
hookscript that validates based on identity credentials instead.

Nate


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