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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by AmandaNP (talk | contribs) at 22:29, 24 May 2012 (→‎User:Stephenwanjau: till 27th). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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There is an editathon camp that I will be running on the 26th and the crowd will consist of newbies. So I feel there will be a sudden demand in account creation stephenWanjau Talk to Me. Email Me. 16:01, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment: Reviewing Admin, please contact WP:ACC before completing this request. Still looking into how this should be handled due to the fairly new identification requirements. Thank you . Mlpearc (powwow) 22:11, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Why would he need to identify, isn't that just for the tool where you can see IP addresses and emails? If he has a list of the participants and their emails, he can make six right now, he'd just need the flag to do more. Likewise, Stephen, if you contacted someone with the flag, they could make all the accounts for you in one go. — Bility (talk) 23:22, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't say that they "have to" be identified. I just want to make sure that it's done correctly. Bility's process sounds perfectly fine but, if the flag is given to accommodate this process it would need to be removed when done. Stephenwanjau Bility has a good idea you can ask for help in IRC here: #wikipedia-en-accounts connect I'm sure someone would be glad to help get the accounts created. Mlpearc (powwow) 00:18, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'd be willing to grant this temporarily, but I would like to see some evidence of this camp going on first please. (Email or public links are fine). -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 00:27, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The link to the event is here stephenWanjau Talk to Me. Email Me. 05:51, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Per this page stating it's the 26th, i have  granted until the end of the 27th, please let us know if you need longer. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 22:29, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Both as a WMF employee and as a volunteer, I often find myself doing outreach related to enwiki before large groups, often without a lot of advance planning and no easy access to IP ranges in advance etc., and while I have no interest in becoming a sysop, could really use the Account Creator permission. My home wiki as a volunteer contributor is hewp. Ijon (talk) 22:13, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm adding this, on behalf of the WMF.  :) Employee needs access for work. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 22:22, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]