Quite hard to describe, but if a user on my site said they were the Wikipedia user "example" what would be the best way of confirming they are indeed that Wikipedia user & not an imposter? Hope that makes sense?!
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Ask them to put something on their user page, then check the history to see whether it was really them who put it there.
Jonathan Prior
2009-04-05 22:00:51
You know when you just can't think of the most obvious thing. I kept thinking, but anyone can add something to their userpage! Doh! Thanks, how stupid can I get!
2009-04-05 22:14:13
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Don't forget to check the History tab to double check they were really the one making the comment
Luk
2009-04-23 20:58:55