The ip account limit creates a great opportunity to gather usernames for post event activity support, and evaluation by have a user with account creation permission creating accounts form the moment people start arriving see: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Capturing_User_names_at_workshops bypassing the limit also opens up
On 14 April 2017 at 07:13, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > " > On 13 April 2017 at 23:10, Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > Speaking as someone who regularly runs editathons and training events > in third-party venues, the "temporary exemption" suggestion is often > completely impractical. > > Those of us who regularly undertake such outreach are awaiting the > feature we requested, over two years ago, to solve this issue: > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91928 > > No, wait. Over six years ago: > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T27000 > > > > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > -- GN. President Wikimedia Australia WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com
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