New subject: Geonotice and IP cap question

22 Feb 2017

Hey James,

I wanted to check in about the account creation status -- thanks for giving
me that privledge a while back, but I am having some difficulties seeing
where I can enroll folks.

I went to test it at Special:CreateAccount

Is this where to go?

but it looks like my IP address was blocked -- despite being logged in.

Something about a dog - rapper vandal-!!?? I would attach a screenshot but
the file is too big. This is the message I got "Account creation error

Account creation from IP addresses in the range *2607:FB90:0:0:0:0:0:0/32*,
which includes your IP address (*2607:fb90:2786:be29:80b4:8d9c:c05e:eed2*),
has been blocked by Graham87 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Graham87>.

The reason given by Graham87 is *Disruptive editing
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing>:
Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Dog and rapper vandal
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Dog_and_rapper_vandal>*

Return to Main Page <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>.

I'm at home now, I'm not sure if I will be blocked at UW today. I hope not!
Can you help me and Peaceray know that we're in the right place to create
accounts for new users?

We'll have 45 participants today many who didn't create accounts in
advance.

Thanks for the last minute help!

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Monika Sengul-Jones <
jones.monika(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

...
  Hey James,

 I wanted to check in about the account creation status -- thanks for
 giving me that privledge a while back, but I am having some difficulties
 seeing where I can enroll folks.

 I went to test it at Special:CreateAccount

 Is this where to go?

 but it looks like my IP address was blocked -- despite being logged in.

 Something about a dog - rapper vandal-!!?? I've attached a screenshot.

 I'm at home now, I'm not sure if I will be blocked at UW today. Can you
 help me and Peaceray ensure we're in the right place to create accounts?

 We'll have 45 participants today many who didn't create accounts in
 advance.

 Thanks for the last minute help!

 Monika

 On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Pharos &lt;pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com&gt;
 wrote:

  While "Centralnotice" is a more
powerful tool than “Geonotice” (since it
 reaches many more non-hardcore people), it is limited in its geographical
 use; last I checked it was only able to target a whole country, not a
 particular region of a country.

 So until that technology is fixed (there is a bug filed somewhere), the
 only option for Centralnotice is to launch it as a nation-wide campaign,
 if
 people have the energy to put that together.

 This has been done in the past for campaigns like Wikipedia Day, the Great
 American Wiknic, and Asian History Month, but it would require some
 effort.

 Thanks,
 Pharos

 On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 8:02 PM, James Hare &lt;james.hare(a)wikidc.org&gt;
 wrote:

  That is pretty normal; it’s meant to be a
temporary permission. I’ve
 restored your account creator permission.

 Between you and Monika that should be sufficient for account creation
 needs.

 “Geonotice” and “Centralnotice” are technically two different things.
 Geonotices are local to English Wikipedia and show up in the watchlist;
 “sidewide” banners that you see on top of articles etc. are controlled  via
  CentralNotice, which is, well, centrally
controlled on Meta-Wiki (but  you
  can limit it to specific wikis and specific
geographic regions).

 On January 10, 2017 at 4:58:11 PM, Raymond Leonard (
 raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com) wrote:

 James & Monica,

 I have been an Account Creator
 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator> in the past  &
am
  identified to WMF. Someone revoked that privilege
last year because the
 last time that I used those rights was in May 2015. I plan to come to  both
  Editing as Activism events at UW Bothell &
think it would be good to  get it
  the Account Creator role back because I think we
will be stepping up
 Cascadia edit-a-thons & GLAM activities in 2017.

 So https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CentralNotice is the place to go for
 Geonotice banners? I was told to use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Wikipedia:Geonotice, but the request that I put there for the Cascadia
 Wikimedians annual meeting did not get picked up. A response to my query
 why not indicating that after posting the Geonotice request, we should  also
  notify [[WP:AN]]
 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard
.

 Yours,
 Peaceray
 --
 Raymond F. Leonard, Jr.
 User:Peaceray
 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray>Cascadia Wikimedians User
 Group
 <http://cascadia.wiki/> board member & president
 peaceray(a)cascadia.wiki (forwards to)
 raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com

 On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Monika Sengul-Jones <
 jones.monika(a)gmail.com
  wrote: 
 > James
 > Thanks for the quick response
 >
 >
 > You can’t lift the IP cap on account creation, but you can have  “account
  > > creators” create accounts for other
users with their desired  username
  and
 > > an email address. All administrators are account creators;  additional
  > > account creators can also be appointed
(let me know if anyone needs  to
  be
 > > appointed).
 > >
 >
 > Thanks I'll follow up, I may request to have my username (shameran81)
 > appointed for the event dates.
 >
 > That said, how have bigger events managed this?  The rooms reserved  hold
  > 60.
 >
 > >
 > > One way I’ve gotten around this issue is by encouraging people to  sign
  up
 > > ahead of time. This is good if you’re working with a specific  audience
   >
known ahead of time, but can be harder if you’re working with the  general
  > public.
 >

 In principle, that's idea. I'll discuss with organizers.

 >
 > Geonotice is good for advertising in watchlists; if you want to  advertise
 > > through a banner that loads on other pages, I recommend  CentralNotice:
  > >
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CentralNotice
 > >
 >
 > Thanks!
 >
 > Monika
 >
 > >
 > >
 > > On January 10, 2017 at 3:35:30 PM, Monika Sengul-Jones (
 > > jones.monika(a)gmail.com) wrote:
 > >
 > > Cascadians,
 > >
 > > I would like to get the word out about Editing as Activism: Black
 > > WikiHistory Workshop and Edit-a-thon at UW Bothell to invite more
 > > Wikipedians to participate and guide new editors.
 > >
 > > Has anyone ever used Geonotice to automate talk page invitations? I  am
  > > puzzled by it. Is this is old news?
 > >
 > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Geonotice
 > >
 > > Would love a quick chat if anyone has advice on this or another  useful
   >
invitation method.
 >
 > Also -- any know-how here on how to lift the IP cap for user account
 > creation?
 >
 > Many thanks
 >
 > Monika
 >
 > --
 > Monika Sengul-Jones
 > www.monikasengul.com
 > (206) 715-2320 <%28206%29%20715-2320>
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