Twitter verified account

[francoisgoupil]

Ask Twitter if the scikit-learn account can be a verified one

[francoisgoupil]

Organizations

Accounts representing prominent organizations including companies, brands, non-profit organizations. Secondary affiliated accounts of Verified organizations may also qualify.

Prerequisites

• Account links to their official company website in their profile
• Account must satisfy the criteria outlined in the above category denoting “active” accounts

Active

Your account must be active with a record of adherence to the Twitter Rules. This means:

• Complete: Your account must have a profile name, and a profile image;
• Active use: Your account must be public at the time of application and you must have logged into that account in the last six months;
• Security: Your account must have a confirmed email address or phone number; and
• Twitter Rules: Your account must not have had a 12-hour or 7-day lockout for violating the Twitter Rules in the past 12 months (excluding successful appeals).*

You may also be required to provide the following information to determine your Notability & Authenticity:

• A link to a stable Wikipedia article about your organization that meet the encyclopedia’s notability standards
• Links to 3 or more news articles about your organization published by an already Verified news organization within the 6 months prior to applying
• Demonstrate your account has a follower count in the top .05% of active accounts located in the same geographic region

[laurburke]

@francoisgoupil Did you apply for this already?

[francoisgoupil]

I didn't. I think we have everything to go for it. We need to check this point:
"Demonstrate your account has a follower count in the top .05% of active accounts located in the same geographic region"

[GaelVaroquaux]

"Demonstrate your account has a follower count in the top .05% of active accounts located in the same geographic region"

I think that we should apply using one of the categories where this is not necessary: we need to be given the blue button because we are scikit-learn, and not because we have many followers. There is a way of doing this (but I don't know out of the top of my mind what it is).

[francoisgoupil]

I just sent an application to twitter for a verified account. Referencing the scikit-learn website mentionning our twitter handle, the English Wikipedia page, a tweet like this one from a verified twitter account and recent articles (less than 6 months) and from verified editors like 1 and 2