On 9 April 2011 23:39, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 9 April 2011 23:27, Casey Brown <lists(a)caseybrown.org> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> > This is an area where every project is going to have its own take on
>> things,
>> > and we can probably learn from each other's experience; however, what
>> > information there is seems to be housed on the strategy wiki, which many
>> > users avoid because it's not part of the WMF matrix (i.e., SUL doesn't
>> > apply). With that in mind, I wonder if there can be a place where
>> projects
>> > discuss what has helped and not helped, located somewhere on Meta.
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>> Since when does SUL not apply on strategywiki?
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> As far as I know, since always, Casey. One must log in separately there;
> going from another WMF project, one's login doesn't follow. One of the main
> reasons for the creation of SUL was so users could go from WMF project to
> project without having to log in again; partly for ease of use, but also
> because there are an awful lot of editors who don't want to link their
> usernames to their IP addresses, even accidentally. Especially now that most
> experienced users take SUL for granted, it's a barrier to participation when
> a link to a WMF project seeking broad participation requires editors to log
> in again, and hope that someone else hasn't created an account with their
> username first.
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> Risker/Anne
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