On 7/18/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, We have passed the point of discussing functionality for SUL. Much of the software has been programmed. It needs finishing and it needs implementation.
From the comments by Jesse it seems not very many people even know
what the functionality for SUL is. What it needs is to be scrapped and reconsidered.
With compulsory e-mail confirmation we make vandalism slightly more difficult. It has the added benefit that a user can request help with his password when it is forgotten. Time saving is not really an issue for normal users, it does not cost much time. For the users we would prefer to pass us by, creating a working e-mail account does take time ... great :)
Umm, that has absolutely nothing to do with what I was saying. E-mail confirmation is not currently required, so that is not a step that should be included in a steward's required steps to fight page move vandalism.
On 7/18/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On 7/18/07, effe iets anders effeietsanders@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, of course you would, but right now a steward has to: *Notice that the request exists *Check whether he has an account. If so: log in *If not: create account. *Confirm emailaddress *The finally he can give himself the needed rights.
By then over 50 vandal renames can be done by WoW & Co. Unified login
would
take at least away the "check whether he has account" and "create
account"
because he will have an account per definition of single user. The email doesnt have to be confirmed anymore. He only needs to give a short link
on
his userpage and grant himself (herself) the rights.
Why does the email have to be confirmed in the first place? Can't the account be created without an email address? I can't imagine the time savings is as significant as you're making it out to be, and there are lots of ways to solve this problem which don't involve having the same username on all wikis.
In fact, the username is irrelevant. A faster way to resolve the problem would be:
*Notice that the request exists *Create an account with a random username and no email address *The finally he can give himself the needed rights.
Anthony
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