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From: "Ryan Lane" rlane32@gmail.com
I believe the OpenID extension is matured to the point where it's usable on the Wikimedia projects, acting as an OpenID provider. The extension still needs review and such, but I think it's a good time to discuss how we'd like to implement this on the projects.
I, too, want to clarify: you're proposing centralizing WMF identity to whatever extent it is not already centralized, and then using OpenID *within MWF*: so that all WMF sites and installed extensions can auth users against our own user database?
Not authenticating users against external OID providers (which, as nearly as I can tell, largely amount to "I am whom I say I am"), or allowing external non-WMF sites to authenticate against our user database.
Cheers, -- jra