On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:17:45 -0800 (PST), Brion Vibber
<vibber(a)aludra.usc.edu> wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Richard Grevers wrote:
The Meta-wikipedia says I don't exist, yet my
login name is working fine
on
most pages.
Before we go further: you are aware that each wiki has a separate user
database, and that you have to create the username separately on each
wiki, right? Have you ever logged in on
meta.wikipedia.org before? Did
you
create an account there?
I wasn't aware of that, because I'm not aware of it being stated clearly
anywhere (the login page would be a good place!). Is that why there are no
links from the english wiki to meta.wikipedia.org?
This raises another question: What provision is there to prevent someone
else grabbing my wikipedia.en username on the meta wiki and appearing to be
me? Or to prevent me registering as, say, Susan Mason on meta?
(Richard - off to create an account before anyone gets ideas!)
--
Richard Grevers