[WikiEN-l] Cross-Wiki accounts

[Casey Brown]

The account has no edits, so you can ask the local bureaucrats or stewards
to re-assing the username and give it to you (usurp).  In the case of SUL,
the account would definitely be re-assigned to you.
 
Casey Brown
Cbrown1023
 
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 08:47:45 +1000
From: Brian Salter-Duke <b_duke at bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Cross-Wiki accounts
To: wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org
Message-ID: <20070513224745.GC3348 at SALTERDUKE2>
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On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 03:26:07PM -0400, 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.
>  
> Thanks,
> Casey Brown
> Cbrown1023
 
What are we supposed to do if we find an account that is not ours? That tool
gave me 11 accounts I do have and one - zh.wikipedia.org, Bduke, that I
certainly do not have as I can understand the language.
 
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