[SAC] Re: [OSGeo] #103: Move main OSGeo Wiki to OSGeoinfrastructure

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jason Birch wrote:
>> I'm of the opinion that we should flush the existing wiki userids,
>> and just get people to login with OSGeo userids, with a pointer
>> to where to get one.  I just hate to think of all those extra
>> userids getting dumped into LDAP.
> 
> I do too, but isn't this going to screw up all of the user pages, edit
> history, etc... all of the goodness that is linked to the wiki user IDs?

Jason,

I guess I just am not very attached to that stuff.  I don't make much
effort to do the User: links and you can still use the old user page, right?

> I'd love it if there was some way to let users who care type in their
> old userid and their new userid and have everthing remapped.  Doesn't
> sound especially easy though ;)

No. Note, the especially concerned could just apply for their old wiki
userid as an OSGeo userid if no one else has taken it.

Best regards,
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