One interesting idea might be what Reddit does: For a moderator of a subreddit, whenever they make a post it just appears normally. However, after posting they can choose to "officiate" it. All that does is highlight their username a different color and indicates they are acting in their position as moderator rather than a regular user.
This idea could be applied to edits in core, and maybe posts in Flow. WMF employees in a special user group could make an edit, and then press a button on the history page to highlight that as an "official" edit. *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Jared Zimmerman < jared.zimmer...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
