Hi Craig, Thanks for your prompt response! I've gone ahead and requested an account through the interface that you linked to.
I've had a brief skim read of the background info pages and whilst I noticed "There are many potential issues with non-member participation, most of which have not been investigated thoroughly from a legal perspective", I was unable to find actual reasons as to why account creation is restricted - did I just miss them in my skim reading? Best, Thehelpfulone https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone On 9 Dec 2012, Craig Franklin <cfrank...@halonetwork.net> wrote: > Hi Thehelpfulone, > > You can request an account for the chapter wiki here: > > http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Special:RequestAccount > > Your application will be assessed by one of the three account approvers > (Angela, Andrew, or Mark) and hopefully approved. They're usually fairly > quick off the mark in dealing with applications, so you won't have to wait > long. Obviously, feedback from non-members on member proposals is very > welcome as well. > > For a bit of background on why this is the way that it is, see: > > http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Billabong#Non-member_participation > http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:Non-member_participation > and > http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meeting:Committee_(2011-09-15)#Non-member_participation > > Cheers, > Craig Franklin > > On 9 December 2012 12:29, Thehelpfulone <thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Craig, >> >> I'd be more than happy to comment on these proposals but presuming that >> comments would be best on-wiki, I'd need an account! Please can you create >> one for me (you can use this email address and username Thehelpfulone)? >> >> I'm also interested in the reasoning behind the restricting account creation >> on that wiki, I imagine that the intention is not to stifle discussion from >> non-members and indeed edits by IPs can also be useful. If its a problem >> with spamming, there are some anti-spam measures that can be utilised on >> MediaWiki. >> >> Thehelpfulone >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone >> >> On 9 Dec 2012, at 02:16, Craig Franklin <cfrank...@halonetwork.net> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Just a quick note that there are a couple of proposals on the WMAU wiki >>> that are currently in the "public comment and review" phase. Extra eyes >>> are always welcomed on proposals, whether they're from members of the >>> chapter or not. >>> >>> 1. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:Paralympic_Winter_Sports - >>> This is a proposal to fund part of a trip to the United States for a group >>> of Australian volunteers to document winter sports. Note that obviously >>> there's been a bit of 'history' around this grant, it would be warmly >>> appreciated if feedback could be limited to the merits of the proposal >>> itself, and further commentary around the circumstances surrounding it >>> could be kept to a minimum. >>> >>> 2. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:WLM_2013 - This is a proposal >>> for the chapter to get engaged and take part in the Wiki Loves Monuments >>> programme in 2013. Consensus seems to be fairly firm that we ought to do >>> it, but there is a fair bit of interesting discussion around what the best >>> approach might be. >>> >>> There are also a couple of "proposed proposals" that could benefit from >>> some further exposure: >>> >>> 1. >>> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:John_Vandenberg/Suspending_the_private_mailing_list >>> - Proposal to suspend the chapter's private members mailing list. An >>> alternate approach being discussed on the talk page is to put in place a >>> code of conduct that all subscribers would be expected to adhere to. >>> >>> 2. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Tony1/Proposed_membership_table - >>> A proposed (optional) public list of chapter members and other Australian >>> volunteers to keep a track of the geographic spread of members, and to make >>> it easier to find Australian volunteers to collaborate with. >>> >>> 3. >>> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Leighblackall/Bendigo_Victoria_2013 - >>> Proposal for an editing workshop, focusing on the field of Health Sciences, >>> to take place in Bendigo in 2013. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Craig Franklin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >
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