Why Wikimedia don't use OpenID?
2008/4/15, DanTMan <dan_the_man(a)telus.net>et>:
Oh crap...
I wasn't even thinking about that myself.
AFAIK OpenID breaks being able to login via the API?
Though I can understand the point of not having bots with an Open ID
account.
Though that's not that great if I disable user registration for my wiki
like I plan to.
~Daniel Friesen(Dantman) of:
-The Gaiapedia (
http://gaia.wikia.com)
-Wikia ACG on
Wikia.com (
http://wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_ACG)
-and
Wiki-Tools.com (
http://wiki-tools.com)
Chad wrote:
We will also be piloting openID over at
Veropedia. While our user
database is currently internal only, we plan to open that up to the
end-user with version 2.0 (some time off now). Hopefully openID
will give our end-users an additional alternative.
Since our Mediawiki is used for back end information and organization
only, we will primarily be interested in methods of authentication via
the API, which will allow us to use the same user database for our
readers as well as our editors.
I'm assuming the openID extension will be able to work through the
API as well using our normal $action = login?
-Chad
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:59 PM, DanTMan <dan_the_man(a)telus.net> wrote:
> I'm also going to be using Open ID over at Wiki-Tools/Nadir-Point/GGPS.
> I may have a small bit of code to contribute too, to extend what cases
> the extension can handle.
>
> I did have an issue when I tried the extension somewhere else. When I
> signed up at a Open ID provider, for some reason I read the two name
> fields as First Name, Last Name. However in reality they were actually
> Full Name, Nickname. So when I logged into a wiki with Open ID I ended
> up with a user named "Friesen" and was stuck with that even after I
> changed my settings at my provider.
> Does the extension have good functionality for disassociating an Open
ID
> from an account so that you can login again
and fix the nickname? If
it
> does the Extension page on
MediaWiki.org has
absolutely no information
> on it, or even links to extended help files.
>
> Also I'm looking to extend Open ID support for extra, special types of
> data from local providers.
> ie: A Wiki group hosting a number of wiki, which additionally hosts
> their own local Open ID provider, and wants certain extra things to be
> allowed from that Open ID provider.
> I'm namely thinking of extending two things:
> * Global Privileges: A group of wiki with their own Open ID provider
can
> store something like a "staff"
flag in their local Open ID provider,
and
> set up their wiki so that it recognizes that
staff flag as global. Of
> course it only accepts those types of data from their own local Open
ID
> provider.
> * Name limitation: Add a name restriction bonus for the users of the
> local Open ID service. Basically so those who are dedicated enough to
be
> using the local Open ID provider can have
their nickname reserved
across
> all wiki hosted by the same group. So, if I
were to register "Dantman"
> on that Open ID provider, then someone else wouldn't be able to take
my
> nickname on a wiki that group hosts even if
I haven't logged in there
> yet to create an account. (This is similar to how the current Single
> Sign-On reserves nicknames I believe)
>
> ~Daniel Friesen(Dantman) of:
> -The Gaiapedia (
http://gaia.wikia.com)
> -Wikia ACG on
Wikia.com (
http://wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_ACG)
> -and
Wiki-Tools.com (
http://wiki-tools.com)
>
>
>
> Brion Vibber wrote:
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> > Evan Prodromou wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 11:38 -0700, Brion Vibber wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>>> I don't think Wikimedia will use OpenId for logging in
> >>>>>
> >>>> Can I ask why?
> >>>>
> >>> We may at some point, but it's a much lower priority atm, and
requires
> >>> more review to make sure
we're happy with how it'll look and
behave.
>>
> Obviously I'm happy to do more work on the MW OpenID extension as
> needed.
>
Yay! *group hug* :)
- -- brion
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