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@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