[Wikipedia-l] Re: Re: Can't log in to Meta

[Richard Grevers]

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:40:19 -0800 (PST), Brion Vibber 
<vibber at aludra.usc.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Richard Grevers wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:17:45 -0800 (PST), Brion Vibber
>> > Before we go further: you are aware that each wiki has a separate user
>> > database, and that you have to create the username separately on each
>> > wiki, right? Have you ever logged in on meta.wikipedia.org before? Did
>> > you create an account there?
>> >
>> I wasn't aware of that, because I'm not aware of it being stated clearly
>> anywhere (the login page would be a good place!).
>
> I'll add a note.
>
>> Is that why there are no
>> links from the english wiki to meta.wikipedia.org?
>
> I'm not quite sure what you mean -- there are numerous links to meta from
> the main page, recentchanges, and various other places.
>
>> This raises another question: What provision is there to prevent someone
>> else grabbing my wikipedia.en username on the meta wiki and appearing to 
>> be
>> me? Or to prevent me registering as, say, Susan Mason on meta?
>
> The same thing that prevents someone else from grabbing your wikipedia.en
> username on slashdot.org or yahoo.com: politeness and/or lack of interest
> in doing so.
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>



-- 
Richard Grevers