On 9/9/06, Erik Zachte <erikzachte(a)infodisiac.com> wrote:
Piotr:
So I would like to ask if any of you, especially
those who promised
help with implementation during Wikimania, have been giving
it some further thought? Every day, we are loosing more
opportunities to learn about who we are... I think it's a shame.
I talked to Kevin after Wikimania. Kevin gave me the name of an
employee/programmer
who did other wiki related work and is eager to contribute,
but not available till late September.
I also briefly talked about the project with the Special Projects Committee
and got an informal approval from Anthere.
So it is not forgotten. I think we can expect more interest and feedback
from the community
when we have a demo survey form in PHP version with at least two languages
(at least two to demonstrate language dependant issues,
e.g. behind the scenes the form should process index numbers not texts,
like an index number in a country dropdown box, not country names etc).
The technical implementation is not trivial at all and will take time and
require discussion.
For one, authentication will be so much easier after single signon which is
not live yet.
Erik Zachte
Thanks Erik, and yes, there should be no problem in getting this
survey approved (by the SPC) - I think everyone in the community who
knows about it thinks it's a good idea. I also agree with you in that
I don't think there's a rush to get it done *now* - it should be done
properly, IMO, and the technical details worked out. But hopefully we
*can* get this done in reasonable time - and so, on your final point,
is there a tentative timetable for single login? <cough> :-)
Cormac