I missed your email so I wrote the same thing by mistake, sorry! Vito
2017-03-15 16:26 GMT+01:00 Brad Jorsch (Anomie) <bjor...@wikimedia.org>: > On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 10:45 PM, Felipe Schenone <scheno...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > If we migrate the content we currently have (on Meta and > > Wikiversity) to wikijournal.org, and the project grows, and eventually > > gets > > accepted as a sister-project (as we hope), how will we merge the user > > accounts? Should we not worry about it, and we'll figure it out when the > > time comes? Or should we totally worry about it, and adopt some strategy > > about it now? What's your advice on this issue? > > > Note: This post is my personal view and in no way represents any official > WMF position. > > My personal guess is that it would wind up being done something like how > accounts on WikiVoyage were handled: people who used the same username on > both WikiVoyage and Wikimedia wikis were able to merge those accounts, > people whose usernames weren't already in use on Wikimedia wikis were able > to claim those names, and other people had to be renamed. Or at least it > seems that's what was done based on the plan document on mediawiki.org[1] > and the process page on en.wikivoyage.org.[2] > > To reduce the number of people who would need renaming should the time > come, you might start using an extension like OAuthAuthentication[3] to > authenticate against Meta, and disable any further local account creations. > > [1]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikivoyage_migration/Accounts > [2]: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:User_account_migration > [3]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OAuthAuthentication > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
