[josm-dev] Mandatory login for JOSM wiki

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Ulf Lamping wrote:
>> I would feel much better if there was some accountability to changes in
>> the plugin list - i.e. I would like to know that user XY with email
>> address Z added a certain plugin to the list, rather than having that
>> edited anonymously.
> 
> Could you please explain, how the information: "John Smith with the mail 
> address johnsmith63 at hotmail.com changed this" will help us in any way?!?

I should perhaps have been a little clearer. Of course I expect that if 
editing isn't anonymous, you need an account; and that to get such an 
account, you will have to contact someone and ask to be given access.

Now even if we handed out accounts to more or less anyone even if 
they've never so much as raised their head before, then we can at least 
block that particular account after some kind of abuse; plus, at any 
time we know exactly which accounts could theoretically edit something.

So someone with the intent of wreaking havoc would first have to email 
us and ask for an account, and then - likely after a short delay since 
the request is not processed automatically - they could proceed with 
whatever malicious edits they planned.

You don't *really* want to say that this does *not* present an extra 
barrier to someone playing games?

Bye
Frederik

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