https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16574
Summary: Allow administrators to temporarily disable the account
creation limit for an IP addresse
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: User login/settings
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It would be nice if administrators could temporarily disable the account
creation limit for particular IP addresses.
This would be particularly useful in situations such as that described in bug
16569. Ideally, we would be able to apply an anonymous-only block to the
affected IP addresses, leave account creation enabled, and ask people to create
accounts in order to contribute. However, the account creation limit was hit by
each of the IP addresses within hours of the problem first arising. We thus
have to fall back on the tedious process of asking people to e-mail a mailing
list to ask for an account to be created for them.
If an administrator could indicate "yes, this IP address is producing lots of
account creation attempts, but please allow them all through for the next 24
hours", or something along those lines, it might alleviate the problem.
Another situation in which this might be useful is when a school wants each of
its students to create an account for a class project of some sort. I recall
several occasions where this has been done; in at least one case the limit was
tripped and an administrator had to offer to manually create the remaining
accounts for them; I don't recall if they were taken up on their offer. Being
able to temporarily turn off the limit would be a cleaner solution.
Just a thought for next time.
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