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Account creation throttle exception for WIkipedia Editathon at Ohio State University on 2016-11-02
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A department here at Ohio State University wants to run a wikipedia editathon.
I am in-charge of this room where the event will occur on Nov 02.
I was told that the computers here in the room (I have 25) will need special account creation caps lifted. I know the IP of the computers are in the range of 140.254.114.***. Will it possible to do this on these set of IPs on Nov 2.
Please see details of the event here -
Please contact me directly with questions.
Sujan

Sujan Manandhar
Distance Learning and Technology Manager
Ohio State University
Columbus OH 43210
Phone - 614–247-2048
@aarkae

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[throttle] Rule for Wikipedia Editathon at Ohio State University on 2016-11-02operations/mediawiki-configmaster+9 -0
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Aarkae01 created this task.Oct 26 2016, 3:20 PM
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Aklapper renamed this task from Wikimedia-Site-requests to Account creation throttle exception for WIkipedia Editathon at Ohio State University on 2016-11-02.Oct 26 2016, 3:22 PM
• Urbanecm claimed this task.Oct 26 2016, 5:16 PM
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Will work at it at home.

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• Urbanecm triaged this task as Medium priority.Oct 26 2016, 5:16 PM
Aarkae01 added a comment.Oct 26 2016, 6:04 PM

FYI
Subnet for the room for this event: 140.254.110.0/23

• Urbanecm added a comment.Oct 26 2016, 6:18 PM

Thanks a lot, this will help.

• Urbanecm added a comment.Oct 26 2016, 6:31 PM

Which project will you edit? I.e. which projectes should be affected by the lift? English Wikipedia? Another Wikipedia?

gerritbot subscribed.Oct 26 2016, 6:32 PM

Change 318141 had a related patch set uploaded (by Urbanecm):
Account creation throttle exception for WIkipedia Editathon at Ohio State University on 2016-11-02

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/318141

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 26 2016, 6:32 PM
Aarkae01 added a comment.Oct 26 2016, 6:39 PM

They will be translating from Spanish and Portuguese Wikipedia into English
Wikipedia.
This grants application page has some details -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Spanish_and_Portuguese_edit-a-thon#Project_Goal
Thanks

• Urbanecm added a comment.Oct 26 2016, 6:46 PM

Okay. You'll be able to create account at Spanish, Portuguese and English Wikipedia. Then you'll be able to edit anywhere. Is it okay for you?

Aarkae01 added a comment.Oct 26 2016, 7:30 PM

Yes thanks. So with the setting changes you have made (?) the students
should be able to create their own accounts and edit the pages using the
laptops in the room, right?
Sincerely,
Sujan

• Urbanecm added a comment.Oct 26 2016, 7:55 PM

Yes, you're right.

Only a technical note, I've uploaded a new patchset only. It must be reviewed by somebody else and then deployed. This will happen tomorrow between 13:00 and 14:00 UTC and I'll take care about it. Then I (or somebody else) will close this task.

But everything will work during the event.

• Urbanecm moved this task from Backlog to To deploy on the Wikimedia-Site-requests board.Oct 26 2016, 7:56 PM
• Urbanecm moved this task from Backlog to To deploy on the User-Urbanecm board.
gerritbot added a comment.Oct 27 2016, 1:07 PM

Change 318141 merged by jenkins-bot:
[throttle] Rule for Wikipedia Editathon at Ohio State University on 2016-11-02

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/318141

Stashbot mentioned this in T146600: Lift the Wikipedia Account Creation Limit on 2016-10-04 and other dates for Winona State University.Oct 27 2016, 1:10 PM
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• Urbanecm closed this task as Resolved.Oct 27 2016, 1:12 PM

Deployed, all should work in November.

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