[Wikimedia-l] Exemption to registrations on Xhosa Wikipedia

[Victor Grigas]

Thanks everyone!


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 8:33 PM, James Alexander <jalexander at wikimedia.org>wrote:

> 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
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>
>
> 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
> >
> > *--*
> > *Haitham Shammaa*
> > *Learning Strategist, Global South*
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> >
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> the
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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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