add orcid as a sign-in option #1304

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It would be good for academics to be able to sign in with their orcid account

Maybe In relation to #1297,

Doc at https://info.orcid.org/documentation/features/public-api/orcid-as-a-sign-in-option-to-your-system/

GitHub seems to have added this as an option.

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GitHub seems to have added this as an option.

I can not agree here. To my knowledge and tests Microsoft GitHub don't over sign in via ORCID.

The image you posted seems to be a "feature" to connect your Microsoft GitHub account with your ORCID identity. Useless for users but great for Microsoft and their "partners" because your data becomes even more valuable.

this was vague. When I said this, I meant the option shown in the picture - not the sign-in feature. However, I understand that this was only tangentially relevant to the original post.

I believe that adding a whole new feature just to mine more data out of users is not the primary reason - there is a general interest in citable source code.

there is a general interest in citable source code.

How does a connection of a MS GitHub account and an ORCID account make any source code repository better citeable?
Have a look at https://help.zenodo.org/ for example. Here you can get a DOI for a specific software and its version.

honestly i don't know but i guess that ORCID thinks that this is beneficial or whatever https://info.orcid.org/orcid-and-github-sign-memorandum-of-understanding/

Now, how much that feature is useful or not - a philosophical / practical argument about code citation and what better alternatives exist is neither my domain of expertise nor an argument that I am honestly interested in having.