SBINFocus
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Edit-a-thon account creation edit
Howdy, SBINFocus. If you don't get the temporary ACC flag, send an email to the Account Creation Team at accounts-enwiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org today to alert us about your edit-a-thon. As long as attendees have access to their email accounts, they can use the Request an account page to make requests for accounts. I and hopefully other volunteers will stand by and handle requests for accounts as they arrive via HelpmeBot for an hour or so before your event starts until it's well under way.
Please ask attendees to put South Bend Edit-a-thon in the comments. Once the location IP is checked, it will only take a minute to handle each request. Most will be created and a random password sent within that minute. A few usernames may be too similar or taken by another user and an attendee may have to choose a different username by email.
The account creation queue currently has a backlog of about 30 hours because of a large volume of requests. We usually handle them in the order received but if the Team is notified in advance, we can pluck the requests out via HelpmeBot as they arrive and handle them out of order.
If you have questions, ask right here. I'll be watching your talk page until after the event and will reply within a day. Take care, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) WER 19:18, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
- Hey SBINFocus, I have no problem granting you this right for your event, I just need you to indicate your agreement to the conditions I've posted under your request at WP:RFPerm. Thanks! Swarm ♠ 03:48, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for offering to help with this. Swarm was able to grant me the change in status for today, so I don't think we will need the help. However, I really appreciate the offer. Best, SBINFocus (talk) 17:24, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
@Swarm: Hi, Swarm. Thank you very much for offering to take care of this. I do agree to the terms you have posted on the account request page. Again, the event runs this Tuesday, September 29 from 5-7 pm ET (we are in South Bend, IN). If you need me to do anything else, please let me know. 74.94.121.59 (talk) 14:23, 26 September 2015 (UTC) SBINFocus (talk) 14:24, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
@Swarm: Sorry for the two pings, but if possible, we would like the account creation exemption to start by 4 pm ET (20:00 UTC) through 7pm ET (23:00 UTC). Thank you for all your help! SBINFocus (talk) 15:16, 26 September 2015 (UTC)