Maybe we could use OAuth only to link the accounts - wiki user X is (proven by OAuth) to be OSM contributor Y. Inelegant, but it would make it simpler to identify the active mappers among the wiki accounts. Obviously an opt-in system.
On 19 March 2018 at 08:25, Andrew Hain <andrewhain...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > You could say that every existing edit is by an “old” account and new > ones going forwards are by main site accounts which occasionally have the > same name. Perhaps you could link some of the old wiki accounts to the OSM > user names where they are known to be the same person. > > > -- > > Andrew > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alva...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* 19 March 2018 04:51 > *To:* osm-talk > *Subject:* Re: [OSM-talk] Unify Mapping and wiki accounts? -- WAS: Vote > cheating? > > El 18 mar. 2018, a la(s) 20:50, François Lacombe < > fl.infosrese...@gmail.com> escribió: > > > 2018-03-19 0:38 GMT+01:00 Michael Kugelmann <michaelk_...@gmx.de>: > > Am 18.03.2018 um 20:45 schrieb Richard: > > fundamental decission - maybe osm and osm-wiki accounts should be the same? > > This had been independent in the very old history. And now you have > conflicts => will not work w/o huge effort... > There had been requests like this 5 years ago or so w/o success. Not > because nobody wanted to implement but because it was not possible. > > > This is a great idea. > > Can you sum up what are the technical issues which make it not possible > please ? > > > Suppose user 'John' currently has a wiki account called 'JohnW'. That's > currently possible, since the accounts are independent. What do you do if > you unify the accounts? Does OSM user John get a new wiki account called > John? What if that wiki account already exists? Or does he have to manually > connect the OSM and Wiki accounts? > > What if an OSM user called JohnW also exists (but never used the wiki > yet), what wiki account do you create for him if the name JohnW is already > taken on the wiki? > > Users can rename OSM accounts. What happens if a user has accounts on both > OSM and the wiki, with the same name, but changes his user name to > "Javiersanp"? That name isn't taken in OSM, but it's taken in the wiki. > Does the rename get rejected? > > There are different OSM users "nicolas" and "Nicolas". Wiki usernames > always have a uppercase first letter, so if accounts get unified, those two > different OSM users can't get different wiki accounts. There is a similar > problem with the wiki considering " " (space) and "_" (underscore) > equivalent, while OSM doesn't. > > > I would love it if wiki accounts and OSM accounts were unified, but that > would need to be done since the start. Now it seems too hard to do it; too > many conflicts with existing accounts. > > -- > Nicolás > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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