Hi all, I'm the one who started that bug-now-task a while back, and for context, it was based directly on user feedback. What MzM says above is right. I was working with a casual (but quite good) editor who said to me "well, I'd edit that Wikipedia page, but I don't edit very often and I can never remember what my login is, since my usual login was taken. But if I could enter my email address, it would be a lot easier and I'd be more likely to just do it."
Struck by the idea that this was a barrier to editing, I asked around and got similar feedback from other people, for both public and private mediawikis. So I submitted the bug for consideration. I know it's difficult and there's been a lot of discussion on how to technically do it, but I think the underlying need definitely still exists. thanks, Phoebe On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 4:54 AM, Tony Thomas <01tonytho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Before someone starts with a proposal for the proposed-tech-project 'Allow > user login with e-mail address'[1], is there still community consensus for > the same ? I personally think its a must-have for MediaWiki, as e-mail > address is easy to remember than a complex username. Currently multiple > users can sign-up with the same e-mail id - which would possibly be a > blocker, and can be fixed. Thanks to MzMcbride, we have an RFC[2] too on > the same. > > [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T30085 > [2] > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Login_via_e-mail_address > > Thanks, > Tony Thomas <http://tttwrites.wordpress.com/> > FOSS@Amrita <http://foss.amrita.ac.in> > > *"where there is a wifi, there is a way"* > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com * _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
