On 13/11/06, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
Brion Vibber wrote:
Brianna Laugher wrote:
On 12/11/06, Florian Straub flominator@gmx.net wrote:
Awesome! Is there any chance to activate it directly for new registrations on commons or do they people have to confirm their adresses first?
Thanks, Brion. Specifically, could we require that new registered users must have a confirmed email address before uploading? With talk page email notifications as default setting.
That's a complete about-face from Wikimedia's traditional policy of allowing anonymous contributions, so before I set that up I'd need to know this is acceptable to Wikimedia.
(I should clarify that I think it's a good idea, personally. But I would not feel comfortable implementing that policy without both community agreement and approval from upstairs for the ground rules changing dramatically.)
Of course, I understand. I am not totally sold on it myself, but it has been floated as an idea in the past. Good to know that it is technically feasible if there is community support. There would be a poll, foundation-l announcement, a long time would pass, etc.
Thanks,
Brianna user:pfctdayelise