Hi,
First of all sorry for the many typos from last night's mail. Glad to see
the message went along. :)
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Is there some benefit with being a provider? Why not
just accept id's for login? There's way too many providers
as it is.
Well, in my view, the benefit will be the ability to use Wikipedia logins
for linked projects. I have at least two use-cases in mind:
1. A local chapter's website/blog/whatever.
2. Sensitive tools that would require login. One such example would be
WikiVerifier [1], an anti-vandal tool used on the Romanian Wikipedia
It makes sense for the user to use the same credentials for all projects
linked to Wikipedia, not only the ones created by the foundation. For the
3rd party programmers the advantage would be the credibility - users would
be sure that their password won't go to the wrong hands.
[1] [ro]
http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiVerifier
Regards,
Andrei Cipu