---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Keegan Peterzell <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:34 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Single login - decision 2004 To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]>
On Nov 11, 2004, at 03:27:00 UTC , Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote [1]: > Hi, > there's been some movement forward on the Single User Login (SUL) issue. I > > ask the Board to review this mail carefully as this has significant long- > term implications and we need Board input to go ahead. I also ask other > developers to correct me if I misrepresent anything. > There are currently three competing strategies. Before I describe these > strategies, let me point out that one important consideration for any > system is scalability. That is, single login will be used on all existing > and future Wikimedia projects, and potentially even on non-Wikimedia sites > > which we allow to participate in our system. > The three strategies are: > 1) GLOBAL NAMESPACE, IMMEDIATE CONFLICT RESOLUTION > We try to move towards a single global user namespace for all Wikimedia > wikis. If a name is already taken in the global namespace, you have to > find one which isn't. > For the migration, any names which clearly belong to the same user are > combined into one. If passwords and email addresses are different, the > user can manually link together any accounts which belong to him by > providing the passwords. > For cases of true name conflicts between the existing wikis, there is a > resolution phase, where factors like seniority, use on multiple wikis vs. > a single one, etc., are weighed in - the "loser" has to choose a new > account name. > After the manual resolution phase, any remaining accounts are converted to > > the new system automatically by making them unique, e.g. by adding a > number to the username. The transition is now complete. The old system no > longer exists. --- > 1) is very complex, and we may not find someone willing to deal with the > name conflict resolution issue and take the blame from annoyed users at > the same time. Naming conflicts will always be an issue in this scheme, as > > e.g. all common first names will be taken, and any small wiki hooking up > with our SUL system would feel this impact. People can mutate these > usernames relatively easily to make them unique - Erik333 - and the system > > can offer such mutations, but it's still a bit annoying. This is now complete [2]. That wasn't too bad. 1. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2004-November/061327.html 2. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-April/077576.html -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation -- Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Product Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
