Amir, this is the first time that one's been brought up. I'll chat with OIT about potentially changing moving forward.
pb *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | [email protected] | : @Philippewiki<https://twitter.com/Philippewiki> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < [email protected]> wrote: > Silly technical remark: Everybody, please stop doing this with parentheses. > It breaks in right to left languages. Gary-WMF is just as readable, and > doesn't have this problem. Thanks for the attention. > בתאריך 20 באפר 2014 02:17, מאת "Gryllida" <[email protected]>: > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
