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by remram 905 days ago
I am talking about usernames, not names. My first name also contains an accent, maybe direct your rage somewhere else?

If nicknames appear in URLs for example, or are a way to direct messages at someone (e.g. github.com/<nick>, @<nick>), using non-ASCII characters is a bad idea.
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uxp8u61q 905 days ago
Handling non-Ascii characters in url has been a solved problem for years now.
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remram 904 days ago
... by replacing them with ASCII characters, yes.
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uxp8u61q 904 days ago
That is correct, yes. Do you have a point?
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