User account creation is something that is pretty critical to the MediaWiki infrastructure. If we're going to be completely revamping the signup page,
it
should not be done in an extension.
Furthermore, looking at the extension's code now, there are numerous design problems that would need to be fixed if this were to be deployed (primarily
the
fact that the entire special page looks pretty much like a copy of
LoginForm's
account creation interface).
Not to mention that an account creation API is something that the core
needs and
site admins should not have to rely on an extension to install it.
I'm welcome to a rewrite and refactoring of the LoginForm, if that's a goal
we
want to aim towards.
Still we should take note of the lessons he learned when he made his extension and apply them to development of a API in the core, should we go that route.
I agree that this should be a core feature and not an extension. This seems like the sort of thing that many Wikis will need and I'm somewhat surprised the request for someone to make it doesn't come up more often.
Thank you, Derric Atzrott