On 10/11/07, nickj(a)svn.wikimedia.org <nickj(a)svn.wikimedia.org> wrote:
* Bug 11629 - If $wgEmailConfirmToEdit is true,
require people to supply an
email address when registering.
Does this behavior make sense if users with unconfirmed e-mail
addresses aren't allowed to edit but are, for instance, allowed to
view pages that other users aren't? For that matter, users may want
to make an account just to set viewing preferences, say. I'm not sure
that an e-mail address should be required for registration just
because it's required for editing.
Incidentally, is there some reason we aren't using
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] =
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit']
= false; $wgGroupPermissions['emailconfirmed']['edit'] = true;
instead of a dedicated option? Historical reasons, or something else?