<p>Looking at other potentially less involved ways to make sign up simpler, I tried to create an OSM account using OpenID. Following the instructions at the Yahoo OpenID site:</p>

<p><a href="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3e30011790ca249faf8d43c494206272b1c1dce3/68747470733a2f2f646c2e64726f70626f7875736572636f6e74656e742e636f6d2f752f3138373932322f53637265656e73686f74253230323031352d30322d313225323031302e33342e30362e706e67" target="_blank"><img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3e30011790ca249faf8d43c494206272b1c1dce3/68747470733a2f2f646c2e64726f70626f7875736572636f6e74656e742e636f6d2f752f3138373932322f53637265656e73686f74253230323031352d30322d313225323031302e33342e30362e706e67" alt="yahoo" data-canonical-src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/187922/Screenshot%202015-02-12%2010.34.06.png" style="max-width:100%;"></a></p>

<p>I tried inputting <code>yahoo.com</code> into the OpenID field but got this:</p>

<p><a href="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d2822b31bde410b45a8068b3bf1ab402b010624e/68747470733a2f2f646c2e64726f70626f7875736572636f6e74656e742e636f6d2f752f3138373932322f53637265656e73686f74253230323031352d30322d313225323031302e33342e32302e706e67" target="_blank"><img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d2822b31bde410b45a8068b3bf1ab402b010624e/68747470733a2f2f646c2e64726f70626f7875736572636f6e74656e742e636f6d2f752f3138373932322f53637265656e73686f74253230323031352d30322d313225323031302e33342e32302e706e67" alt="insert-url" data-canonical-src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/187922/Screenshot%202015-02-12%2010.34.20.png" style="max-width:100%;"></a></p>

<p>Is this something I am just not getting or is there a separate issue here?</p>

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