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Spoofed Accounts
==Spoofed Accounts==
One side effect to OrthodoxWiki's handling of international character sets is the ability of accounts to be spoofed. That is, someone can register a name that looks similar to another account name and impersonate another user. For example, someone registered an account as "FrJ%D0%BEhn" and proceeded to leave a mean message in [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]]'s name to one of our contributors. On the wiki, the names and user pages looked identical on the wiki. '''However, if you check the URLS URLs in your browser's address bar, they will look different.'''
Unfortunately, this kind of impersonation is common in online communities of all types. If someone appears to say something out of character, it's definitely worth checking to make sure that the name is exactly the same as their real account and that their account has not been hacked. Fortunately, we have a vigilant community. If you suspect someone has impersonated you, let us know right away.
==External References==
interwiki, renameuser, Administrators
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