On 9 February 2013 11:53, Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm currently doing a Wikipedia training session and many will like to > create accounts on Wikipedia but we're being blocked. > How to bypass that? I used to hit the same problem, and was given the "account creator" flag, so I can set up more than six accounts during a session. I think any admin can do this for you, if you're in good standing. But that slows down the session, so I only use it as a fall-back; what I usually do now is ask participants to set up accounts, in advance of training sessions. The wording I use, which you're welcome to copy or adapt, is: Sign up at <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin> for a Wikipedia account; when given the option, please give an email address (it's always hidden, and you can turn off the ability for people to send you messages; but giving an address means you can recover lost passwords).the account name may be pseudonymous, but is personal to the individual, so not "Anytown Library" or suchlike. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On 9 February 2013 11:53, Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, my name is Rexford > > I wish to find out why wikipedia allows only 6 account creation from a > network sharing the same IP address. > > I never knew something like that existed. > > I'm currently doing a Wikipedia training session and many will like to > create accounts on Wikipedia but we're being blocked. > > Any reasons? How to bypass that? > > rexford > > > -- > +Rexford <https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078> | +Blender > Academy<https://plus.google.com/b/103109918657638322478/103109918657638322478/posts> > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
