On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Peter Southwood <
peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net> wrote:
Preferable for the affiliation to be a variable linked
to the username. It
can then be changed if/when applicable. Is should be possible to link a
string of affiliations to a username. User should be able to add
affiliations at will but probably should have to request to have them
removed
Peter
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris McKenna" <cmckenna(a)sucs.org>
To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliation in username
Do WMF accounts still get the staff usergroup? If so, then the "affiliation
variable" already exists. Building the (WMF) into the username makes the
affiliation close to indelible; if it is confined to a usergroup, then the
removal of the usergroup hides the previously obvious connection between
edit and affiliation.