Todd, Yes, it's done via OTRS. Details are here:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Benutzerverifizierung (User verification) Google translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikipedia%3ABenutzerverifizierung It involves sending an e-mail to info...@wikimedia.org, from a company e-mail address. Best, Andreas On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Todd Allen <toddmal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *Answer the Second* > > * > > * > > This sort of thing is handled much better in the German Wikipedia. In the > > German Wikipedia, companies can edit with verified company accounts: so > > that if Coca-Cola Germany edits the Coca-Cola article, it will actually > say > > "Coca Cola Germany" in the edit history. Transparent, and accountable. > > > > > > > http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coca-Cola&diff=94427890&oldid=94244180 > > > > In the English Wikipedia, however, any account named after a company is > > automatically blocked, and the operator asked to register an account > with a > > funny name. This just drives this sort of editing underground, and > removes > > transparency. > > > > > > > > Andreas, > > This is an interesting idea. Does the verification go via OTRS, or some > other means? The main reason en blocks organization-name accounts is > because they're not verified, so someone could register "Example > Corporation" as a user and then go vandalize, or even start spamming to Joe > job them. Also, how is it handled on de if such a malicious account was > already registered and blocked, or the account is created but unverified? I > could see this being a valuable tool for transparency, and done right, I > don't think such a proposal would be hopeless on en. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
