James Thanks for the quick response
You can’t lift the IP cap on account creation, but you can have “account > creators” create accounts for other users with their desired username and > an email address. All administrators are account creators; additional > account creators can also be appointed (let me know if anyone needs to be > appointed). > Thanks I'll follow up, I may request to have my username (shameran81) appointed for the event dates. That said, how have bigger events managed this? The rooms reserved hold 60. > > One way I’ve gotten around this issue is by encouraging people to sign up > ahead of time. This is good if you’re working with a specific audience > known ahead of time, but can be harder if you’re working with the general > public. > In principle, that's idea. I'll discuss with organizers. > > Geonotice is good for advertising in watchlists; if you want to advertise > through a banner that loads on other pages, I recommend CentralNotice: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CentralNotice > Thanks! Monika > > > On January 10, 2017 at 3:35:30 PM, Monika Sengul-Jones ( > [email protected]) wrote: > > Cascadians, > > I would like to get the word out about Editing as Activism: Black > WikiHistory Workshop and Edit-a-thon at UW Bothell to invite more > Wikipedians to participate and guide new editors. > > Has anyone ever used Geonotice to automate talk page invitations? I am > puzzled by it. Is this is old news? > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Geonotice > > Would love a quick chat if anyone has advice on this or another useful > invitation method. > > Also -- any know-how here on how to lift the IP cap for user account > creation? > > Many thanks > > Monika > > -- > Monika Sengul-Jones > www.monikasengul.com > (206) 715-2320 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > -- Monika Sengul-Jones www.monikasengul.com (206) 715-2320 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
