Enabling Extension:ConfirmAccount

Karsten 'quaid' Wade kwade at redhat.com
Tue Jul 3 22:17:46 UTC 2012


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On 07/03/2012 02:37 PM, Robert Middleswarth wrote:
> On 07/03/2012 05:32 PM, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote:
> 
>> That makes it public, but now we have a greater restriction on
>> who can confirm accounts. Right now, anyone with an account can
>> confirm, but under ConfirmAccount we'll have to designate and
>> cultivate Bureaucrats, yes?
> 
> Assuming someone knows they could create one.  I didn't know I
> could create accounts until today.  I assumed it was limited to
> wiki admin's. Then again I never checked.

Oops.

I added the link "How to create a user account" to the left sidebar of
the wiki, but it's really not advertized well at all.

A clear advantage to ConfirmAccount is that it makes the normal
account creation active, which is tied in to everything in a more
visible way.

- - Karsten
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Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Analyst - Community Growth
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