To be absolutely clear, this does *not* solve the problem of bots/tools
authenticating on behalf of a user. All it does is solve the problem of
where a bot/tool authenticates under its own user account and, out of pure
courtesy for the community, asks users to prove their identity before
allowing them to use the bot/tool. For bots/tools that actually perform
edits as the user, OpenID would be useless.
Also, I think Wikipedia acting as an OpenID consumer would be bounds more
useful than acting as a provider. That's not to say that having both
wouldn't be a good idea, but the consumer side of it should definitely be a
priority. Think of sites now like StackOverflow, where creating an account
is as simple as pressing a few Accept buttons.
*--*
*Tyler Romeo*
Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2015
Major in Computer Science
www.whizkidztech.com | tylerromeo(a)gmail.com
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Ryan Lane <rlane32(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Thomas Gries
<mail(a)tgries.de> wrote:
Ryan wrote:
Any OpenID consumer, whether WMF or not, would be
able to use us as an
authentication provider.
There is currently no option, but an option (to restrict
serving OpenIDs
to certain
consumer domains eg. only to our domain) could be implemented.
I see no reason in doing so. If third parties want to allow Wikimedia as a
provider, I don't see why we'd object.
- Ryan
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