[Wikimedia-l] Event coordinators: how to create many accounts from 1 IP address

[Asaf Bartov]

Thanks, Alex!  That was what I was looking for. :)

It is now mentioned in the instructions on Meta. :)

Cheers,

   Asaf

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:02 PM, J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov <
alexandrdmitriromanov at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is indeed a page on en.Wikipedia specifically for requests for the
> Account creator permission :
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Account_creator
>
> I don't know about other languages or projects.
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> 2012/5/24 Asaf Bartov <abartov at wikimedia.org>
>
> > So, I often find myself doing outreach related to enwiki before large
> > groups, and while I have no interest in becoming a sysop, could really
> use
> > the Account Creator permission.  Is there really no page to publicly
> > request this?  The instructions cited below, taken from here[1], suggest
> > so, but that just feels broken.  I don't like the idea of privately
> > reaching out to some admin for this permission.
> >
> > :-/
> >
> >   Asaf
> >
> > [1]
> >
> >
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mass_account_creation#Becoming_an_.22account_creator.22
> >
> > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo)
> > <nemowiki at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > K. Peachey, 17/05/2012 05:38:
> > >
> > >  On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:04 PM, MZMcBride<z at mzmcbride.com>  wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Before this guide gets distributed too widely, I'd think about its
> > >>> scalability. Shell requests can take weeks, months, or even years to
> > get
> > >>> resolved, even when filed properly.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Anyone in the world of tomorrow! can do shell requests (Git), Then we
> > >> just need to bug people to get it merged (eg: Reedy/Roan/others etc
> > >> etc).
> > >>
> > >> That will cut down a lot of time.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Not really, the associated bugzilla paperwork or IRC begging is still
> > > needed.
> > >
> > > Nemo
> > >
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