Publicize new signature requirements proposal
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	ppelberg
	Mar 6 2020, 1:40 AM

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This task is about making sure people are aware of the proposal to codify signature validation requirements [1][2] in MediaWiki's software.

Inform TechCom of our plans to post this proposal outside of the technical RFC process.
- Done: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Vhyuz775bvt7tkn4
Publicize proposal in places on-wiki where contributors who have a stake in this change are likely to see it.
- Done: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Unbreaking_custom_signatures_in_software
Communicate on the proposal page [1] how long people will have to comment (31 March 2020, although of course it's not a strict deadline)

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Resolved	matmarex	T230652 Tilde stripping in signatures is inadequate
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Resolved	• Whatamidoing-WMF	T247046 Publicize new signature requirements proposal