Wikitech-l,

Greetings. I would like to describe an exciting scenario possible with OpenID Connect.

In the scenario, after choosing to verify their name on their Wikipedia account, a user logs onto Wikipedia and uses OpenID Connect to link their Wikipedia account to multiple verified accounts, for example their Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. At the end of the process, we can envision the user obtaining a checkmark next to their full name on Wikipedia, their real name and a verification icon appearing next to their edits and on their user page. There might even be, per user settings, hyperlinks to their Facebook and LinkedIn pages on their Wikipedia user page. With such features, we can envision allowing groups of users or admins to determine that certain articles require a verified account to edit.

Presently, OpenID Connect functionality is available for MediaWiki as an extension. I would like to see the OpenID Connect functionality under discussion expanded to support scenarios including aforementioned and also integrated into MediaWiki.

Thank you. I hope that the above ideas are also interesting to you in the Wikitech-l community.

Best regards, Adam Sobieski http://www.phoster.com/contents/