Help getting new Wiki accounts

*NEWS* Asking someone else to create a wiki account is no longer needed. See message.

If you would like a RepRap Wiki account and you do not have one already, please send a PM to MattMoses or DeuxVis or thejollygrimreaper and we can set one up for you.

In the PM please include a valid email address and your desired username for the wiki account.

At the moment, the only way to get a new wiki account is to have an admin set one up for you manually. We have been having trouble with spam on the wiki, and for this reason new account creation has been limited. The spam problem is ongoing and we are still fine-tuning our response, so please be patient.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/2018 03:14AM by DeuxVis.

I see reason for limit new account creation. OK. But pls, put 'Create account' button with link not to create account form but to explanation page.
I did 15 minutes of futile search on all possible wiki pages - it's Log in button here, it must be Create account button somewhere too, IMHO.

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I see reason for limit new account creation. OK. But pls, put 'Create account' button with link not to create account form but to explanation page.
I did 15 minutes of futile search on all possible wiki pages - it's Log in button here, it must be Create account button somewhere too, IMHO.

I have the same problem

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zio.pietro
I see reason for limit new account creation. OK. But pls, put 'Create account' button with link not to create account form but to explanation page.
I did 15 minutes of futile search on all possible wiki pages - it's Log in button here, it must be Create account button somewhere too, IMHO.

Agreed. I created an account and spent 15 or 20 minutes trying to figure out why I couldn't add the description for M100, G27 and G26.

I agree with the obstacles for a new account. It makes the wiki less prone to occasional disruptions. This is very important because the reprap wiki is also a repository of prior art information against patents. The more difficult it is to modify the contents, the more reliable and court-friendly the information is.

Making something difficult is not a particularly good way to mitigate integrity.
Surely version control, and peer review is better.

Thought about getting an account, saw this thread, scratch, post to my own sites.

thanks.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/27/2017 07:35PM by TJM3D.

May I second this;

In particular the way to get an account isn't to send a PM - think about it you can't send a PM unless you are already registered DOH...

You actually get a 'create profile' link if you try to send a PM by looking at someone's profile...

Not a way to grow a forum.

You send a PM from your forum account to request a wiki account.

These are separate entities.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/24/2017 04:45AM by Dust.

hola a todos si alguno tiene los planos y medidas me lo pasan

You send a PM from your forum account to request a wiki account.

These are separate entities

Wiki registration is currently open. New users will have to fill out a reCaptcha to register, create new pages, and edit pages. Once your account is three days old and you have 5+ edits, you should no longer see the reCaptcha every time you try to edit the wiki. If this is not the case for some reason, please let me know.

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Wiki registration is currently open. New users will have to fill out a reCaptcha to register, create new pages, and edit pages. Once your account is three days old and you have 5+ edits, you should no longer see the reCaptcha every time you try to edit the wiki. If this is not the case for some reason, please let me know.

It seems to me that, despite the reCaptcha, the Wiki user registration is being inundated with bogus user registrations.
It seems like new users are being created every day, that clearly are advertising names, and not reasonable user names.

Any admins who can/will look into this?

@MrAlvin

I posted about that to Administration [reprap.org] back in February... no reply

These accounts are getting created because reCaptcha isn't stopping them (I replied to Dust's linked topic with more details). However, my stance is that it's not really causing a problem. Annoying? Yes. However, besides seeing them being created in Recent Changes, they don't pose a problem to server resources or anything else. The reason why they don't post SPAM 95% of the time is because they get caught by the AbuseFilter rules.

I was planning on doing a purge of these accounts, but by today's count, there are only around 2000 of them.

The reason I opened up registration was because I viewed it as a confusing hurdle new users had to jump through. When I joined the site, I wanted to update the wiki, but didn't because I couldn't figure out how to create an account. Once I found the forum topic on how to get an account, I figured it was too much hassle since I just needed to make a few small corrections. That's what has influenced my stance on the topic.

I'm following this topic, so if you have any ideas or suggestions, let me know.

Making New account is quite difficult now these days.

The wiki change log [reprap.org] strongly disagrees with you

Look at all those new accounts.