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Email usage

There is a small flaw in this procedure, that is requesting admins to email when a request is unsuccessful. I am not prepared to jeopardise my email account in this way. My solution is to post on the IPs talk page - not guaranteed but ... --Golden Wattle ^talk 05:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do e-mail addresses if necessary for you. I have an e-mail address set up for Wikipedia only, so it's not that big a deal for me. Ral315 » 09:22, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will as well - here's the template that I use when an account is taken.

Hello,

Thank you for expressing an interest in becoming a Wikipedia user!

Unfortunately, the username you requested at [diff of IP requesting it at the RAA page] - [Username requested] - is already registered.

If you wish to have an account created for you, please either create a new request with the new username request at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account or ask me directly, at my user talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Daniel.Bryant

Cheers,

Daniel Bryant

Wikipedia administrator

Thoughts? Suggestions? I need to add a "If this wasn't you who requested this username..." bit, but don't know about the wording. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 08:00, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is time for the community to act...

Access to this process is in the hands of a shadowy, corrupt, unaccountable cabal that acts upon its own will, with total contempt for the community. They have no legitimate authority to make decisions on who does and does not get access to this tool on their own, and yet they claim it anyway. It is high time for the community to assert its rightful prerogative, and demand that the cabal turn over control of this tool to the community in an open process. It is high time for the corruption to stop. Kurt Weber (Go Colts!) 22:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't posting this to a page only watched by cabal members be unlikely to result in change? MBisanz ^talk 21:35, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Shadowy, corrupt, unaccountable"? "total contempt for the community"? "corruption"?^{[citation needed]} Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 04:55, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How is this "cabal" any different than any other user right flag given out with discretion? Wisdom89 _{(_T / ^C)} 06:56, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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 :Wouldn't posting this to a page only watched by cabal members be unlikely to result in change? '''[[User:MBisanz|<span style='color: #FFFF00;background-color: #0000FF;'>MBisanz</span>]]''' <sup>[[User talk:MBisanz|<span style='color: #FFA500;'>talk</span>]]</sup> 21:35, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 ::"Shadowy, corrupt, unaccountable"? "total contempt for the community"? "corruption"?{{proveit}} [[User:Matthewedwards|Matthewedwards]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Matthewedwards|talk]] <small>•</small> [[Special:Contributions/Matthewedwards|contribs]]&nbsp;<small>•</small> [[Special:Emailuser/Matthewedwards|email]]) 04:55, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
+How is this "cabal" any different than any other user right flag given out with discretion? [[User:Wisdom89|'''<font color="#660000">Wisdom89</font>''']] <sub>([[User_talk:Wisdom89|<small><sub><font color="#17001E">T</font></sub></small>]] / [[Special:Contributions/Wisdom89|<small><sup><font color="#17001E">C</font></sup></small>]])</sub> 06:56, 12 September 2008 (UTC)