Hi all, Another solution is to ask for Account Creator rights [1]. When logged into your own account, it allows you to create an unlimited number of accounts for others, which is useful when you're at an in-person edit-a-thon or class workshop.
Thanks. John [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder < [email protected]> wrote: > If you expect people to create accounts on Wikipedia or other projects at > an event, please read this: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mass_account_creation#Requesting_temporary_lift_of_IP_cap > > There are some automated anti-sock-puppet systems that prevent people from > creating multiple accounts on the same day from the same computer or IP > address. This can be a big problem if you have lots of new editors at a > workshop, and everyone tries to create an account. > > You may be able to avoid this by asking attendees to create an account in > advance (but then they have to remember to do it, and to bring their > usernames and passwords to your event). Otherwise, your best bet is to > follow the directions on Meta about getting a temporary exemption for your > event. > > -- > Sherry Snyder (WhatamIdoing) > Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
