On 2013-02-22 4:43 PM, "Marc A.
. Each of them currently need their own mechanism, have to implement
baroque processes to associate a Wiki[mp]edia account, and increase exposure of credentials for the users.
Actually theres been a centralized method of doing that for a while now (TUSC), so each tool is not reinventing the wheel, but open id sounds much less hacky.
-bawolff
P.s. I agree with Marc's comment about meta but didnt want to mention it out of concern for that being considered a bikeshed over which domain (but really meta seems the most logical place)