Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-05 Thread Przykuta
> Yes, I got the same idea as Mateus when reading this thread: As you type in > a user name (or tab to the next box), the form should tell you if that > username is taken or not. That will save you a lot of trouble going back to > try a new user name. > BTW - we have 1 link "Log in / create accou

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-04 Thread Fred Bauder
> Yes, I got the same idea as Mateus when reading this thread: As you type > in > a user name (or tab to the next box), the form should tell you if that > username is taken or not. That will save you a lot of trouble going back > to > try a new user name. We also have spoofing checks coding in the

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-04 Thread Jon Harald Søby
gt; > > > _ > MateusNobre > MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects > (+55) 85 88393509 > 30440865 > > > > Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 03:10:33 -0700 > > From: fredb...@fairpoint.net > > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject:

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-04 Thread Mateus Nobre
etalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 > Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 03:10:33 -0700 > From: fredb...@fairpoint.net > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation > > >>> > > >>> >

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-04 Thread Fred Bauder
>>> > >>> > Hello, >>> > Last month I was in Qatar and introduced some people to Wikipedia. >>> While >>> > they were creating their accounts, some of them had their initial >>> > suggested username taken, so they had to repeat it a couple of times >>> > until they finally found an available userna

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-04 Thread Przykuta
> > What does Special:ListUsers =/= list of all users with SUL mean? > > I thought the problem was to find account names that are not being used. > If you search for a name you think you might want to use it returns a > list of existing accounts. > > What is "SUL"? > http://en.wikipedia.org/w

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-04 Thread Fred Bauder
>> > >> > Hello, >> > Last month I was in Qatar and introduced some people to Wikipedia. >> While >> > they were creating their accounts, some of them had their initial >> > suggested username taken, so they had to repeat it a couple of times >> > until they finally found an available username. One

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-04 Thread Przykuta
> > > > Hello, > > Last month I was in Qatar and introduced some people to Wikipedia. While > > they were creating their accounts, some of them had their initial > > suggested username taken, so they had to repeat it a couple of times > > until they finally found an available username. One of them

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-03 Thread K. Peachey
I believe there was someone working some ajax (extension possibly?, maybe some core work?) to improve that on the sign up page, No idea what ever happened to that… ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-03 Thread Fred Bauder
> > Hello, > Last month I was in Qatar and introduced some people to Wikipedia. While > they were creating their accounts, some of them had their initial > suggested username taken, so they had to repeat it a couple of times > until they finally found an available username. One of them had repeated

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-03 Thread Przykuta
> On 3 December 2011 22:27, Abbas Mahmood wrote: > > > > Hello, > > Last month I was in Qatar and introduced some people to Wikipedia. While > > they were creating their accounts, some of them had their initial suggested > > username taken, so they had to repeat it a couple of times until they

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 3 December 2011 22:27, Abbas Mahmood wrote: > > Hello, > Last month I was in Qatar and introduced some people to Wikipedia. While they > were creating their accounts, some of them had their initial suggested > username taken, so they had to repeat it a couple of times until they finally > fo

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-03 Thread Etienne Beaule
Interesting idea. Ebe123 On 11-12-03 6:27 PM, "Abbas Mahmood" wrote: > > Hello, > Last month I was in Qatar and introduced some people to Wikipedia. While they > were creating their accounts, some of them had their initial suggested > username taken, so they had to repeat it a couple of times

[Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation

2011-12-03 Thread Abbas Mahmood
Hello, Last month I was in Qatar and introduced some people to Wikipedia. While they were creating their accounts, some of them had their initial suggested username taken, so they had to repeat it a couple of times until they finally found an available username. One of them had repeated it arou