[Foundation-l] Cross-Wiki accounts

[Robert Leverington]

This should definitely be the case, I, like many others, am forced to
create accounts on several wikis routinely due to my job as a
Wikimedia Commons admin. I don't have the time to go back to my
Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia userpage every time I create an
account. If someone believes that one of my accounts is an impostor
they should contact my before blocking it.

On 14/05/07, Casey Brown <cbrown1023 at comcast.net> wrote:
> You have to realize, though, that the sysop who blocks you has the duty to
> seek-out and contact the person who he believes is being impersonated to get
> confirmation that a block is requested and accepted or to find out if it is
> the user who it is supposed to be.
>
> Casey Brown
> Cbrown1023
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Tim Starling
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:50 AM
> To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Cross-Wiki accounts
>
> Casey Brown wrote:
> > Many smaller wikis are cracking down on cross-wiki accounts to stop
> > impersonation.  If you create an account on another Wikimedia Project,
> make
> > sure it is linked from your main account.  Otherwise, it may get blocked.
> > An easy way to do all this is to create a master list of your accounts at
> > Meta and link that page to all your other sites.  This will, hopefully,
> make
> > it harder for you to be impersonated, and easier for your accounts to be
> > identified.
> >
> > A tool that can be used to identify accounts that aren't yours can be
> found
> > at: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/queries/SUL.
>
> I don't really mind if someone impersonates me. I'm going to mind quite a
> bit if I try to edit some small wiki and find that I'm blocked.
>
> -- Tim Starling
>
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