So the “verified” mark could easily be done with a group “Verified” which has avatar flair, and links in the profile could be done using this Link custom user field to external website
But I don’t see how adding links to a profile would help verifying someones identity. I could take Elon Musks profile pic and link to https://twitter.com/elonmusk from my profile and then you would think that I’m Elon Musk?
If you don’t have a good process for this, then it’s useless (and maybe even dangerous since people will hold the community leadership responsible).