On 9 February 2013 11:53, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexford@gmail.com wrote:
I'm currently doing a Wikipedia training session and many will like to create accounts on Wikipedia but we're being blocked.
How to bypass that?
I used to hit the same problem, and was given the "account creator" flag, so I can set up more than six accounts during a session. I think any admin can do this for you, if you're in good standing.
But that slows down the session, so I only use it as a fall-back; what I usually do now is ask participants to set up accounts, in advance of training sessions.
The wording I use, which you're welcome to copy or adapt, is:
Sign up at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin for a Wikipedia account; when given the option, please give an email address (it's always hidden, and you can turn off the ability for people to send you messages; but giving an address means you can recover lost passwords).the account name may be pseudonymous, but is personal to the individual, so not "Anytown Library" or suchlike.
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On 9 February 2013 11:53, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexford@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, my name is Rexford
I wish to find out why wikipedia allows only 6 account creation from a network sharing the same IP address.
I never knew something like that existed.
I'm currently doing a Wikipedia training session and many will like to create accounts on Wikipedia but we're being blocked.
Any reasons? How to bypass that?
rexford
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