Re: [Wikimedia-l] Identified users

2017-09-20 Thread John Erling Blad
> > Are you familiar with Twitter and Facebook's use of blue checkboxes for > "verified" accounts? Are you discussing something similar to that? It could visually be similar, but I'm mostly interesting in similar functionality. It would be similar in that it would only be some users that would

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Identified users

2017-09-19 Thread MZMcBride
John Erling Blad wrote: >In some cases it would be a lot easier and/or better if it was possible to >identify and not just authenticate an user. This could include such things >as turning on real name for identified users, or limiting elevated rights >to them, thereby avoiding renomination of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Identified users

2017-09-18 Thread petrohs
Buen día Puede ser que mi inglés no sea claro y por ello no habré entendido.  Pero, no veo el punto de solicitar el nombre real para identificar a quien edita en Wikipedia. Creo que la privacidad y el respeto al anonimato es parte fundamental del proyecto. A mi se me ocurren muchos mas temas en

[Wikimedia-l] Identified users

2017-09-17 Thread John Erling Blad
In some cases it would be a lot easier and/or better if it was possible to identify and not just authenticate an user. This could include such things as turning on real name for identified users, or limiting elevated rights to them, thereby avoiding renomination of banned users. In a lot of