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[Theresa Hepburn]

I absolutely agree.

Bill Ricker wrote:
>>> Who do you mean when you say "ubuntu are surprised"?
>>>       
>> Oh people in the community, people from Canonical who make launchpad etc.
>>     
>
> Let's solve the right problem here ...
>
> Approving anyone with no validation at all is obviously not acceptable
> if Launchpad ids are in use in the wider community as a minimal
> mechanism of trust.
>
> To ban any ID that isn't a "real name" doesn't solve their problem.
> Someone can register under a non-obviously-false realname if we still
> approve blindly, and it's not even obviously fake. At least "mako" and
> "Guinea-pig" are obviously pseudonymous.
>
> Pseudonyms that *we* don't recognize are a problem in *our* group, and
> if we're implicitly vetting folks for other ubuprojects, their future
> acts may be a problem *for* our group.
>
> Pseudonyms aren't the problem, non-members in a members list is a problem.
>
> If someone has a(n apparently) real name and has no connection with
> the group other than launchpad -- no postings, no email, no IRC
> presence, nothing -- should ask them why they're affiliated and drop
> 'em if no (satisfactory) answer.
>
> Likewise if pseudonymous, although you might want to raise the bar
> *slightly* for "they've actually shown up and someone knows who they
> are" or at least "yeah, that's the email address s/he always uses".
>
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