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Idea #2164: Ubuntu Account

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #6307: Single login to Ubuntu websites.
Written by qense the 1 Mar 08 at 13:28. Category: Others. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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At the moment there are more than one account used for the Ubuntu websites. The account that is used the most is Launchpad. I suggest to create something like Google Account for Ubuntu. Everyone can register at the part of the website they want to participate(Launchpad for example) and afterwards extend it so he can use the functions of Ubuntu QA.
Together with idea #1431, this could improve the community a lot.
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Written by qense the 1 Mar 08 at 13:28.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #2164 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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CaioAlonso wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 13:32
Integrating ubuntu forums, brainstorm, launchpad, and providing an API for the LoCo sites would be great.

qense (Idea reviewer) wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 13:35
Yeah, if LoCo sites could use it too, that would be great. You could see in a blink where the person is involved in and the sources for the karma could be extended, so that people who help Ubuntu without using Launchpad (very much) would also get karma to prove their experience.

voxpelli wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 13:39
Why not use OpenID? It's more or less the open "Google Account" for every site in the world - much better than limiting it to only Ubuntu-sites.

qense (Idea reviewer) wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 13:49
I'd suggest to enable OpenID for the Ubuntu Account, but not let it replace it.

john-scott wrote on the 6 Mar 08 at 16:31
I was just thinking how silly it was that I had to create yet another account just to vote and comment on ideastorm.ubuntu.com...why not let me use my launchpad account and spare me the tedious registration process?

qense (Idea reviewer) wrote on the 3 Apr 08 at 14:59
Although someone stated in the bug I proposed as a duplicate of this bug that idea http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/9/ is a duplicate of this bug, I don't agree. OpenID is something different, one account for the whole internet. If you don't use OpenID you'd still have to register at all separate parts.


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