It's been used on and off as required for the past few years.
On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 18:55, RhinosF1 Wikipedia <rhinosf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Do we know when it was implemented and why? Is it part of the response to earlier
security issues?
On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 09:51, K. Peachey <p858snake(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's a anti-spam measure, One of the Phab administrators will approve
> when available.
>
> On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 18:28, RhinosF1 Wikipedia <rhinosf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Is there any reason Phabricator accounts would be marked not approved?
> > I've not noticed this happening before but there's been a report on IRC
> > (see
> >
https://wm-bot.wmflabs.org/logs/%23wikimedia-tech/20190404.txt) by
> >
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/Dusti/ saying they are getting the
> > error: 'Your account has been created, but needs to be approved by an
> > administrator. You'll receive an email once your account is approved.'
(see
> >
https://snag.gy/InXbLz.jpg)
> >
> >
> > Can someone approve and clarify what's happened?
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