On 16 May 2012 16:23, Sumana Harihareswara sumanah@wikimedia.org wrote:
When you're running an event, sometimes you want to help lots of people create accounts on Wikimedia sites. To prevent spamming/vandalism, ordinarily there's a cap on the number of accounts that can be created from one IP address in a single day. But there's a way to ask for a temporary removal of that restriction.
Alternatively, ask for "Account creator" rights:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator