This should definitely be the case, I, like many others, am forced to create accounts on several wikis routinely due to my job as a Wikimedia Commons admin. I don't have the time to go back to my Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia userpage every time I create an account. If someone believes that one of my accounts is an impostor they should contact my before blocking it.
On 14/05/07, Casey Brown cbrown1023@comcast.net wrote:
You have to realize, though, that the sysop who blocks you has the duty to seek-out and contact the person who he believes is being impersonated to get confirmation that a block is requested and accepted or to find out if it is the user who it is supposed to be.
Casey Brown Cbrown1023
-----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Tim Starling Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:50 AM To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Cross-Wiki accounts
Casey Brown wrote:
Many smaller wikis are cracking down on cross-wiki accounts to stop impersonation. If you create an account on another Wikimedia Project,
make
sure it is linked from your main account. Otherwise, it may get blocked. An easy way to do all this is to create a master list of your accounts at Meta and link that page to all your other sites. This will, hopefully,
make
it harder for you to be impersonated, and easier for your accounts to be identified.
A tool that can be used to identify accounts that aren't yours can be
found
at: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/queries/SUL.
I don't really mind if someone impersonates me. I'm going to mind quite a bit if I try to edit some small wiki and find that I'm blocked.
-- Tim Starling
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2007/5/14, Robert Leverington lcarsdata@googlemail.com:
This should definitely be the case, I, like many others, am forced to create accounts on several wikis routinely due to my job as a Wikimedia Commons admin. I don't have the time to go back to my Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia userpage every time I create an account. If someone believes that one of my accounts is an impostor they should contact my before blocking it.
I have to chime in here as well. I currently have 2 accounts (Andre Engels and Robbot) on over 200 languages. It would be easy enough to link all of them at one place, but that would be done by simply looking on which Wikipedias the user pages exist, but that would kind of defeat the purpose of this policy I think. It may look good on first thought, but in effect it is just an extra layer of bureaucracy without any added value.
This is not a policy idea, it is just a hint of advice based upon what it currently being done on small wikis.
Cbrown1023
-----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Andre Engels Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:19 AM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Cross-Wiki accounts
2007/5/14, Robert Leverington lcarsdata@googlemail.com:
This should definitely be the case, I, like many others, am forced to create accounts on several wikis routinely due to my job as a Wikimedia Commons admin. I don't have the time to go back to my Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia userpage every time I create an account. If someone believes that one of my accounts is an impostor they should contact my before blocking it.
I have to chime in here as well. I currently have 2 accounts (Andre Engels and Robbot) on over 200 languages. It would be easy enough to link all of them at one place, but that would be done by simply looking on which Wikipedias the user pages exist, but that would kind of defeat the purpose of this policy I think. It may look good on first thought, but in effect it is just an extra layer of bureaucracy without any added value.
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