https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18209
Summary: Provide consistent native way to attribute offsite users
in revision history
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Database
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: br...@wikimedia.org
Blocks: 13798
Edit attribution for revisions converted from UseMod days or imported from
another wiki are currently a little odd; the revision record stores an ID of 0
and the username directly.
We then can end up assigning those edits to whoever registers the account name
locally... which usually is correct, but sometimes not. :)
It could be useful to be able to store some sort of source wiki identifier with
that attribution, which might help with dealing with these cases; and might
also be relevant for OpenID-type cross-wiki authentication situations.
On the other hand it might be really difficult to retrofit in. Needs some
pondering...
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