On 16 May 2012 16:23, Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah(a)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
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk