[Linux-aus] wiki.linux.org.au accounts (was: Should Linux Australia change its name? : suggestions)

[Joshua Hesketh]

Hi John,

I believe if you log in with your memberdb (ie your Linux Australia 
membership) details an account is set up for you.

Cheers,
Josh

On 25/04/12 14:13, John Vandenberg wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Chris Neugebauer<chrisjrn at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Post them to http://wiki.linux.org.au/New_Names
> Who can have accounts on the wiki, and how do we go about obtaining one?
>
> http://wiki.linux.org.au/Special:UserLogin/signup
>
> says only admins can create an account.  Should we email one of these sysops?
>
> http://wiki.linux.org.au/Special:ListUsers/sysop
>
> If that is the desired approach, could it be documented on the login page.
>
> I recommend the mediawiki extension ConfirmAccount, as it hooks into
> the normal login forms
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount
>
> see e.g.
> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Special:RequestAccount
>