On a second thought, do we want to add an optional "affiliation" field to the
signup form, so the affiliation goes at the end of username in braces?
- DGarry (WMF)
- Fred (DesignSolutionsInc)
- David (MIT)
- ...
So the signup form would look like this:
-------------------------------------------------------------
| |
| [ Username preview in large green font ] |
| |
| Username: |
| ___________________ |
| Password: |
| ___________________ |
| Password 2: |
| ___________________ |
| Email (optional): |
| ___________________ |
| Affiliation (optional; if your editing is related to work): |
| ___________________ |
| |
-------------------------------------------------------------
I.e.
-------------------------------------------------------------
| |
| [ "Gryllida (FOO)" in large green font ] |
| |
| Username: |
| _Gryllida__________ |
| Password: |
| ___________________ |
| Password 2: |
| ___________________ |
| Email (optional): |
| ___________________ |
| Affiliation (optional; if your editing is related to work): |
| _FOO_______________ |
| |
-------------------------------------------------------------
Gryllida.
On Sun, 23 Feb 2014, at 1:25, rupert THURNER wrote:
hi,
could wmf please extend the mediawiki software in the following way:
1. it should knows "groups"
2. allow users to store an arbitrary number of groups with their profile
3. allow to select one of the "group"s joined to an edit when saving
4. add a checkbox "COI" to an edit, meaning "potential conflict of
interest"
5. display and filter edits marked with COI in a different color in history
views
6. display and filter edits done for a group in a different color in
history views
7. allow members of a group to receive notifications done on the group page,
or when a group is mentioned in an edit/comment/talk page.
reason:
currently it is quite cumbersome to participate as an organisation. it is
quite cumbersome for people as well to detect COI edits. the most prominent
examples are employees of the wikimedia foundation, and GLAMs. users tend
to create multiple accounts, and try to create "company accounts". the main
reason for this behaviour are (examples, but of course valid general):
* have a feedback page / notification page for the swiss federal archive
for other users
* make clear that an edit is done private or as wmf employee
this then would allow the community to create new policies, e.g. the german
community might cease using company accounts, and switch over to this
system. this proposal is purely technical. current policies can still be
applied if people do not need something else, e.g. wmf employees may
continue to use "sue gardner (wmf)" accounts.
what you think?
best regards,
rupert
-------------------
swissGLAMour,
http://wikimedia.ch
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