WMF legal counsel would like the following:
On the Log In / Create Account page, the following language be included right above the “create account” button:
By clicking the “Create Account” button, you are agreeing to our [[wmf:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]] and [[wmf:Privacy policy|Privacy Policy]].
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I'm fairly sure this needs to be implemented (by a developer) through the WikimediaExtensions extension, though someone will likely have to also touch the awful mess of login form code. And some magic (transclusion, I guess) to make sure that the account button matches what the description text says would be good.
I'm not sure this makes much sense to implement overall, though. Seems like a silly idea that would do more harm than good. Clutters the login form page further, implies that the terms of use/privacy policy only apply to logged in users (when that's clearly not the case), etc.
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I'm fairly sure this needs to be implemented (by a developer) through the
WikimediaExtensions extension, though someone will likely have to also touch
the awful mess of login form code. And some magic (transclusion, I guess) to
make sure that the account button matches what the description text says would
be good.
Yeah, we'd put it in WikimediaMessages and use {{int:}} to grab the text of the create account button.
I'm not sure this makes much sense to implement overall, though. Seems like a
silly idea that would do more harm than good. Clutters the login form page
further, implies that the terms of use/privacy policy only apply to logged in
users (when that's clearly not the case), etc.
The point about creating a false connection between account creation and ToU/PP is a good one; Philippe, could you discuss this with the legal folks?
He'd like to hold off on this for now... I think there's another way he'd like to go about it. Closing the bug for now. :)
pb