[Commons-l] Principles of organisation - who do we serve?

Tue Nov 14 22:22:21 UTC 2006

> -----Original Message-----
> From: commons-l-bounces at wikimedia.org
> [mailto:commons-l-bounces at wikimedia.org]On Behalf Of Erik Moeller
> Sent: 14 November 2006 08:25
> To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Principles of organisation - who do we serve?
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> On 11/13/06, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks, Brion. Specifically, could we require that new registered
> > users must have a confirmed email address before uploading? With talk
> > page email notifications as default setting.
> 
> I oppose this on Commons, for the reasons I have given in this thread
> when this was previously brought up:
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2006-June/044555.html
what would imo be more sensible though more work to implement would be to require new users on commons to

1: specify thier username and password for thier home project
2: have built a good status on that project (i'm thinking account at least 14 days old, no blocks in last 14 days, edits on 7 distinct days since account creation/last block)

sure the determined will get arround this but it should help keep both the inexperianced and casual troublemakers at bay.