Alternatively if someone is an admin or otherwise has account creator rights, 
they can create accounts for others with an email address.

> On Apr 12, 2017, at 3:20 AM, David Cuenca Tudela <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> The usual procedure is explained here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mass_account_creation
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Mass_account_creation
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Six-account_limit
> 
> Normally to request a temporary lift of the IP cap, they should file a task 
> as explained on that page. There are some quick workarounds, like creating 
> accounts with smartphones.
> 
> Cheers,
> Micru
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 11:26 PM, Daniel Mietchen 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> I was just pinged by a Wikidata hackathon in Suriname
>> (cf. https://www.spangmakandra.com/big-data-seminar-suriname )
>> that they can't edit Wikidata any more - see also
>> https://twitter.com/twitferry/status/851907389087502338 .
>> We are musing that this may be due to an IP ban, since more than six
>> new accounts were registered from the same IP (186.179.xxx.xx).
>> Can anyone help sort this out quickly, so that the event can move on?
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel
>> 
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