[Wikimedia-l] Exemption to registrations on Xhosa Wikipedia

[James Alexander]

Yeah, sounds like they aren't on enWiki so will probably need to get it
from stewards or request an IP exemption. If they are doing it in a
computer lap an IP exemption is probably going to be the best bet. You can
see directions on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mass_account_creation.

James Alexander
Legal and Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Haitham Shammaa <hshammaa at wikimedia.org>wrote:

> I had a similar issue once in the past at a Wikipedia editing workshop.
>
> The easiest and most practical way is to request an 'account creator' [1]
> rights, if the they plan to run the project for a long time :
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Account_creator
>
> or to request the accounts to be created by existing account creators at :
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account
>
>
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator
>
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> *Haitham Shammaa*
> *Learning Strategist, Global South*
> *Wikimedia Foundation*
>
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>
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Victor Grigas <vgrigas at wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am in touch with a high school class in South Africa that has been
> > writing Wikipedia Articles in isiXhosa.
> >
> > Some of the Wikipedians in the class:
> >
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IsiXhosa_Wikipedia_Competition_2013_at_Sinenjongo_High_School.jpg
> >
> > More about the school:
> >
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinenjongo_High_School#Free_access_to_Wikipedia
> >
> > Their teacher has been helping them with this effort for one hour a week.
> > it's the only time that they have internet access. He told me:
> >
> > "
> >
> > > 1.      **We started with registering everyone as editors on Wikipedia.
> > > This took a couple of sessions as there is a Wikipedia limit of 6
> > > registrations from the same computer lab per day.
> > >
> > "
> >
> > Are there any admins who could change this limit to something more like
> the
> > size of a large classroom? These students are the only contributors to
> > isiXhosa Wikipedia and they are very excited to work on it.
> >
> > --
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