# Maybe they should be asked to give a local "alias" for this purpose?
The OpenID used to log in should be tied to a real wikidb account (and
I assume that your "alias" is the wikidb.user record's "username"
value). We explored implementing it this way, but the current patch
requires no database changes and we figured that would be a nice
migration selling point. But you're definitely right: using OpenID
auth alongside normal auth in this way *does* effectively sidestep
problems with trying to overlap username and OpenID namespace
formatting rules.
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Jonathan Daugherty
JanRain, Inc.