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| − | New account creation has been |
+ | [[Special:Userlogin|New account creation has been re-enabled]], hopefully we'll be spared spammers. —[[User:Ashley Y|Ashley Y]] 17:41, 12 July 2010 (UTC) |
| + | New account creation has been disabled again. Despite CAPTCHAs we get a lot of spam again. I'm trying to move to a scheme where accounts can be created by anyone but need to be approved by a human. In the mean time, the [[Special:Userlogin|login page]] lists whom to email to get an account. —[[User:Nominolo|Nominolo]] 22 September 2012. |
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| − | If you want a new account, send an email to one of the people listed below. |
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| − | # [mailto:byorgey@gmail.com] |
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| − | # [mailto:gwern0@gmail.com] |
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| − | # [mailto:magnus@therning.org] |
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| − | The email should: |
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| − | * List the user name you want |
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| − | :User names follow the same rules as article names: they always start with a capital letter, and medial spaces are allowed eg. [[User:Ashley Y]] |
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| − | :We follow the same rules as to what is an appropriate or inappropriate username as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username#Appropriate_usernames Wikipedia] |
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| − | * Email ''1'' person at a time |
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| − | :This is to avoid coordination problems |
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| − | * ''Do not'' include the password you want in the email |
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| − | : The account creator will make up a password & you must then change it after logging in. |
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| − | * We give accounts to all humans |
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| − | : It is unnecessary to justify your request. |
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Latest revision as of 16:18, 22 September 2012
New account creation has been re-enabled, hopefully we'll be spared spammers. —Ashley Y 17:41, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
New account creation has been disabled again. Despite CAPTCHAs we get a lot of spam again. I'm trying to move to a scheme where accounts can be created by anyone but need to be approved by a human. In the mean time, the login page lists whom to email to get an account. —Nominolo 22 September 2012.