[Foundation-l] Fwd: [Commons-l] Principles of organisation - who do we serve?

[Anthere]

David Gerard wrote:
> And another ...
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Brion Vibber <brion at pobox.com>
> Date: 14-Nov-2006 00:24
> Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Principles of organisation - who do we serve?
> To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l at wikimedia.org>
> 
> 
> Florian Straub wrote:
> 
>>>Brion Vibber wrote:
>>>
>>>>Brianna Laugher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 12/11/06, Florian Straub <flominator at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Awesome! Is there any chance to activate it directly for new
>>>>>>registrations
>>>>>>on commons or do they people have to confirm their adresses first?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks, Brion. Specifically, could we require that new registered
>>>>>users must have a confirmed email address before uploading? With talk
>>>>>page email notifications as default setting.
>>>>
>>>>That's a complete about-face from Wikimedia's traditional policy of
>>>>allowing anonymous contributions, so before I set that up I'd need to
>>>>know this is acceptable to Wikimedia.
>>>
>>>(I should clarify that I think it's a good idea, personally. But I would
>>>not feel comfortable implementing that policy without both community
>>>agreement and approval from upstairs for the ground rules changing
>>>dramatically.)

Why do you think it is a good idea ?

Anthere