Why? IMO it will protect users from being impersonated.
It will allow us to more easily have taken down Fivver and Upworks accounts that are pretending to be established Wikipedians.
How would this leak anything? People involve with paid editor are already required to disclose the intermediaries through which they work and this does not change that.
James
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 6:19 PM, John Erling Blad jeblad@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry, bad idea. Can't be done and will only lead to stalking and alienating users. (Or rather it can be done, but would imply leakage of identifiable information to such a degree that it would put the involved organizations on the front pages for weeks.)
John Erling Blad /jeblad
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 5:40 PM, James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
Have started a meta RfC regarding the above* here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/ interlinking_of_accounts_involved_with_paid_editing_to_ decrease_impersonation.*
This is to help address issues of impersonation of established
Wikipedians
by paid editors.
Further thoughts appreciated. Best
James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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