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Request an account process needs help 2015

Hello everyone, I'm John F. Lewis, an administrator on Wikipedia's account creation interface. Recently, our project has had an increased backlog in getting accounts for new users. Our numbers are currently over 400 people waiting for accounts on the English Wikipedia. If you could even spare a moment to do a few requests a day to help us clear this backlog, that would go a long way to encouraging new editors to participate with an account. If this interests you and you're willing to help, and you match the following description, then please do apply! Ideal users are:

• Identified to the Wikimedia Foundation or are willing and able to identify,
• In good standing with no recent blocks or other sanctions,
• Understand and are able to apply the username policy,
• Have worked with new contributors,
• Please see the full list of requirements for more information.

We have a very friendly team to help you get started, we also have a private IRC channel where you can ask questions or get help with difficult account requests. If you have any questions for us or about the process, feel free to ask at the talk page. If you can help out, we would greatly appreciate it. For the ACC team, John F. Lewis (talk) 18:02, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

@John F. Lewis: Email sent to the list. Sam Walton (talk) 19:16, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Received and approved. Follow the usual instructions for mailing list and IRC access and I'll unsuspend your account now. Thanks, John F. Lewis (talk) 19:18, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Just as a note (not suggesting any changes here), I used to be very active in WP:ACC, but that's when it was a wiki-based system. Moving to an email-based system (and presumably to a web-form-based system since) was good for privacy, but it meant a sufficient amount of extra complexity that I just gave up on the whole thing (and eventually ended up drifting away from Wikipedia, because it was my major area of admin activity). Back then, it was something simple and quick that anyone could do (both admins and non-admins were needed for technical reasons; I had a non-admin sock User:ais523 non-admin at least partly for that purpose). Nowadays, WP:ACC/G is listing a set of restrictions on account creation that are more reminiscent of RfA than anything else, and so I'm not particularly surprised that you're having problems finding people to go through the account creation system.

The process would likely be a lot less backlogged if you could find some way to reduce or remove the process creep. (In particular, I'm not entirely convinced there's even a need to see nonpublic information to be able to perform a decent chunk of account creation requests; the only reason we used to need it was to set the email address of the new account, and I can easily imagine some web-based system that could handle that without ever showing the account approver the information.) --ais523 05:46, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

The account creation form unfortunately does display the email and it is required to be passed on the form which in any sense would have it displayed in any API calls. IP information is also extremely helpful and in fact a staple for users on the tool as checking for proxies (per m:NOP) or range blocks (e.g. checkuserblocks, schoolblocks, vandalismblocks, oversight blocks and so on) allow users to gain and insight and assess accounts before going a head with creation. The information can also support in make case-by-case decisions such as someone wants the username 'Bill Thompson' and they have a wikipedia page stating they're a governor of an area, email and IP information allows the person working on the request to decide whether or not they are said person or not. John F. Lewis (talk) 19:28, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

The problem with IP/rangeblocks isn't something I'd thought of (basically because the old process required a wiki edit, and thus if you were blocked you wouldn't have been able to make a request in the first place). I assume that WP:ACC is nowadays more about letting people create an account through an IP block, than it is about overriding AntiSpoof (which is what it used to be mostly for), in which case it's sort-of turning into a second UTRS. --ais523 22:34, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

I am willing to help out with account creation if you still need help. Let me know if you think I qualify. Sheriff | ? 911 | 03:09, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-automating removal of account creator right

Please see WT:PERM#Automating procedural removal of account creator rights -- MusikAnimal ^talk 19:04, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

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Template for deletion

A template relevant to this project, {{acc}}, has been nominated for deletion. The discussion can be found here. Your input is appreciated. Primefac (talk) 16:08, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

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Note

I don't know how to better communicate this to the ACC team. ticket:2017021510019971 verifies identity for [ACC #193642]. Let me know (probably by email, since I can't go into great detail on-wiki) if you have any questions. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 14:13, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

I already mentioned this to BU Rob13 on IRC. See Wikipedia:Request an account/Guide#Real names relating to famous, popular, etc. persons for the process. In this case the request cannot be reopened, so the requester must complete a new account request with the OTRS ticket number included in the comments field. The ACC team can be emailed at accounts-enwiki-llists.wikimedia.org. -- JJMC89 (T·C) 15:31, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

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