Hello, Thank you Asaf for the privilege;)
PS: David email me your preferred username. best, Stephen On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Oh, one crucial additional step: > > 8. after creating the account, go to > http://wikimedia.or.ke/Special:UserRights, type in the user name you just > created and click Edit User Groups, then check the checkbox "enabled". > This is required to let the user have write access to the wiki. > > I just reviewed all existing accounts and found some of them were not > enabled. So if you couldn't edit the wiki previously, you should now be > able to. > > Cheers, > > Asaf > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hi, folks. >> >> Back when we created the wiki <http://wikimedia.or.ke/> for the future >> Wikimedia Kenya, we set Abbas and me as "bureaucrats" (meaning users with >> administrative privileges -- among which, the ability to create users in >> this closed wiki), just as a starting default. >> >> I have now made those of you who have been active on the wiki in the past >> 30 days "bureaucrats" on the wiki as well, so that requests for new users >> don't need to depend on Abbas and me. The new bureaucrats are: Oscar >> Limoke, Stephen Wanjau, Oliver Stegen (Baba Tabita) and Alex Wafula. >> >> If you feel anyone else needs bureaucrat access, let me know (or ask one >> of the new bureaucrats! :)). >> >> However, as Spider-Man's uncle said: "With great power comes great >> responsibility" -- so please don't fool around with the many things >> bureaucrats can do, to avoid creating unnecessary work. >> >> As a reminder, the way for bureaucrats to create new users for other >> people is: >> >> 1. Get the new user's e-mail, and let them pick their desired username. >> 2. Log in to wikimedia.or.ke with your own account >> 3. Under "Toolbox" in the left sidebar, pick "Special Pages" >> 4. Click "Log in / Create account" >> 5. Click the "Create an account" link >> 6. Type in the user's desired username and e-mail. DO NOT type in >> anything for the password. >> 7. Click the "by e-mail" button, NOT the "create account" button. >> >> An e-mail will be sent to the new user's address, with a link to complete >> the registration. Then the new user can pick their own password, and the >> world is at peace. >> >> P.S. I have created an account for Sarah Osano at her request. This is >> as good an opportunity to ask one of the bureaucrats for an account on the >> WMKE wiki, if you don't already have one! Be sure to specify the username >> you want. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Asaf >> -- >> Asaf Bartov >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > -- *"Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better"* My Blog <http://uwanja.wordpress.com> | @uwanja <https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja>| Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/swanjau> | This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.
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