Wikipedia:Account creator
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This page in a nutshell: The account creator permission allows users to create accounts for other editors without restriction and is granted to users who are active in the account request process. |
The account creator user right alleviates/removes restrictions in relation to creating new accounts. The account creator permission removes the limit on the number of accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period (currently 6) and allows users to create accounts that have usernames similar to those of pre-existing accounts as the 'override-antispoof' permission allows them to override "anti-spoof" checks on account creation.
Account creators are able to create accounts with names that are otherwise blocked by the title blacklist as they have the 'tboverride' permission. As a side-effect, the user right also allows account creators to edit editnotices and move pages which would otherwise be blocked by the title blacklist.
The account creator flag may be granted to a users who are either:
- already active and experienced in the request an account process (ACC) and so are identified to the Wikimedia Foundation, or
- involved in the Education Program or other outreach work where they have a need to create accounts without restriction.
If the user right is requested due to involvement with the request an account process, admins on the Account Creation Tool (see here for a list of tool admins) should be contacted before the account creator flag is granted. Typically, users are expected to correctly handle many requests and have hit the six (6) account rate limit before requesting the flag. Requests for the flag can be made at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Account creator.
Users who are no longer involved in the ACC process (meaning their ACC account has been suspended), or with the Education Program may have the user right removed at any time. Furthermore, administrators automatically inherit all the individual user rights of this user group.
There are currently 123 users who have account creator flag.
See also [edit]
- Special:Listusers/accountcreator - a list of users with the 'accountcreator' flag
- {{Accountcreator topicon}} - a top icon displaying the accountcreator icon
- {{User wikipedia/Accountcreator}} - a userbox for displaying accountcreator rights
- {{User wikipedia/accountcreator}} - an alternative userbox for displaying accountcreator rights
- {{User wikipedia/acctoolserveruser}} - a userbox for displaying usage rights on the ACC Tool Server
