It is now possible to use Authority Control identifiers (such as VIAF, ORCID, etc.) for taxon authors on Wikispecies.
It is also possible for editors to put their own ORCID (or other Authority Control) identifier on their user page.
For details of how to do this, and examples, please see:
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Authority_control
ORCID is an open identifier for researchers and other contributors to academic literature. Background information on ORCID for Wikimedia users is at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ORCID
Andy Mabbett, 07/09/2014 19:30:
It is also possible for editors to put their own ORCID (or other Authority Control) identifier on their user page.
For details of how to do this, and examples, please see:
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Authority_control
ORCID is an open identifier for researchers and other contributors to academic literature.
Curious. Why do you think this especially applies to Wikispecies editors? They are awesome and certainly deserve to be special, but I know too little about ORCID to understand.
Nemo
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