Affiliations change, and user names are quite difficult to change, this sounds like something that would be good for a structured profile, not for a user name.
*Jared Zimmerman * \\ Director of User Experience \\ Wikimedia Foundation M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmerman<https://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Gryllida <gryll...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On a second thought, do we want to add an optional "affiliation" field to > the signup form, so the affiliation goes at the end of username in braces? > > - DGarry (WMF) > - Fred (DesignSolutionsInc) > - David (MIT) > - ... > > So the signup form would look like this: > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > | | > | [ Username preview in large green font ] | > | | > | Username: | > | ___________________ | > | Password: | > | ___________________ | > | Password 2: | > | ___________________ | > | Email (optional): | > | ___________________ | > | Affiliation (optional; if your editing is related to work): | > | ___________________ | > | | > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > I.e. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > | | > | [ "Gryllida (FOO)" in large green font ] | > | | > | Username: | > | _Gryllida__________ | > | Password: | > | ___________________ | > | Password 2: | > | ___________________ | > | Email (optional): | > | ___________________ | > | Affiliation (optional; if your editing is related to work): | > | _FOO_______________ | > | | > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Gryllida. > > > On Sun, 23 Feb 2014, at 1:25, rupert THURNER wrote: > > hi, > > > > could wmf please extend the mediawiki software in the following way: > > 1. it should knows "groups" > > 2. allow users to store an arbitrary number of groups with their profile > > 3. allow to select one of the "group"s joined to an edit when saving > > 4. add a checkbox "COI" to an edit, meaning "potential conflict of > interest" > > 5. display and filter edits marked with COI in a different color in > history > > views > > 6. display and filter edits done for a group in a different color in > > history views > > 7. allow members of a group to receive notifications done on the group > page, > > or when a group is mentioned in an edit/comment/talk page. > > > > reason: > > currently it is quite cumbersome to participate as an organisation. it is > > quite cumbersome for people as well to detect COI edits. the most > prominent > > examples are employees of the wikimedia foundation, and GLAMs. users tend > > to create multiple accounts, and try to create "company accounts". the > main > > reason for this behaviour are (examples, but of course valid general): > > * have a feedback page / notification page for the swiss federal archive > > for other users > > * make clear that an edit is done private or as wmf employee > > > > this then would allow the community to create new policies, e.g. the > german > > community might cease using company accounts, and switch over to this > > system. this proposal is purely technical. current policies can still be > > applied if people do not need something else, e.g. wmf employees may > > continue to use "sue gardner (wmf)" accounts. > > > > what you think? > > > > best regards, > > rupert > > ------------------- > > swissGLAMour, http://wikimedia.ch > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
