[Foundation-l] Design goals for the election and board selection process

[Anthony]

On 7/18/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> We have passed the point of discussing functionality for SUL. Much of the
> software has been programmed. It needs finishing and it needs
> implementation.
>
>From the comments by Jesse it seems not very many people even know
what the functionality for SUL is.  What it needs is to be scrapped
and reconsidered.

> With compulsory e-mail confirmation we make vandalism slightly more
> difficult. It has the added benefit that a user can request help with his
> password when it is forgotten. Time saving is not really an issue for normal
> users, it does not cost much time. For the users we would prefer to pass us
> by, creating a working e-mail account does take time ... great :)
>
Umm, that has absolutely nothing to do with what I was saying.  E-mail
confirmation is not currently required, so that is not a step that
should be included in a steward's required steps to fight page move
vandalism.

> On 7/18/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 7/18/07, effe iets anders <effeietsanders at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Yes, of course you would, but right now a steward has to:
> > > *Notice that the request exists
> > > *Check whether he has an account. If so: log in
> > > *If not: create account.
> > > *Confirm emailaddress
> > > *The finally he can give himself the needed rights.
> > >
> > > By then over 50 vandal renames can be done by WoW & Co. Unified login
> > would
> > > take at least away the "check whether he has account" and "create
> > account"
> > > because he will have an account per definition of single user. The email
> > > doesnt have to be confirmed anymore. He only needs to give a short link
> > on
> > > his userpage and grant himself (herself) the rights.
> > >
> > Why does the email have to be confirmed in the first place?  Can't the
> > account be created without an email address?  I can't imagine the time
> > savings is as significant as you're making it out to be, and there are
> > lots of ways to solve this problem which don't involve having the same
> > username on all wikis.
> >
> > In fact, the username is irrelevant.  A faster way to resolve the
> > problem would be:
> >
> > *Notice that the request exists
> > *Create an account with a random username and no email address
> > *The finally he can give himself the needed rights.
> >
> > Anthony
> >
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