On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Ian Piumarta <[email protected]>wrote:

> Dethe,
>
> > When I go to Log in/ create account I don't see any way to actually
> create an account.
>
> Sorry about that.  I have enabled account creation.  (IIRC it was disabled
> following the vpri wiki being hacked.)
>
> Regards,
> Ian
>

The wiki software version is quite old.  I recommend that it be upgraded to
MediaWiki version 1.17 when it is released (soon).
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2011-June/037503.html

The new account spam has been a major problem recently.  I recommend that we
install the OpenID extension,
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID

and use it exclusively for new account authentication, as we have at Sugar
Labs:
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Special:OpenIDLogin&returnto=Special:UserLogin

(The Loginprompt system message
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/MediaWiki:Loginprompt
is modified to direct those seeking new accounts to the OpenID page.)

Existing users needn't change their accounts.


Best wishes,         --Fred
(wiki.sugarlabs.org coordinator)
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