Mass Account Creation exception at idwiki and enwiki 2024-04-25 to 2024-08-25
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	MaulanaFariq
	Apr 24 2024, 6:15 AM

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Dear Wikipedia team,

First of all, I am writing to you as a representative from UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, an academic institution located in Surabaya, Indonesia.

We have a plan to utilize Wikipedia as a valuable source of information for the public. As part of this plan, we require at least one account for each lecturer and staff at our university. However, we have encountered difficulties in creating multiple accounts due to the limitations imposed by the existing API.

Therefore, we would like to request a whitelist for our IPs, allowing us to proceed with our mass account creation program. Below, you will find the details of our request:

Event Title: Mass Account Creation at Wikipedia
Date: 25th April 2024 until 25th august 2024
Wikis: id.wikipedia & en.wikipedia
Number of Participants:1000 accounts
Public IPv4 Addresses:

IP-1 : 103.211.49.0/24
IP-2 : 103.165.213.112/29
IP-3 : 36.66.204.104/29
IP-4 : 43.218.32.106

Our Domain : uinsa.ac.id

Thank you for considering our request. We believe that by expanding our access to Wikipedia, we can contribute to the dissemination of knowledge and enhance the learning experience for our students and the wider community.

Best Regards,
Fariq Maulana
IT Department
UIN Sunan Ampel, Surabaya, Indonesia

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	$wmgThrottlingExceptions for idwiki and enwiki 2024-04-25 to 2024-08-25	operations/mediawiki-config	master	+9 -0

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Duplicates Merged Here: T364808: Mass Account Creation exception at idwiki and enwiki 2024-04-25 to 2024-08-25

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MaulanaFariq triaged this task as High priority.Apr 24 2024, 6:15 AM

MaulanaFariq created this task.

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Aklapper renamed this task from Mass Account Creation at Wikipedia to Mass Account Creation exception at idwiki and enwiki 2024-04-25 to 2024-08-25.Apr 24 2024, 7:43 AM

May I have an update on this thread please?

Pppery merged a task: T364808: Mass Account Creation exception at idwiki and enwiki 2024-04-25 to 2024-08-25.May 14 2024, 4:15 AM

Change #1031176 had a related patch set uploaded (by Wargo; author: Wargo):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] $wmgThrottlingExceptions for idwiki and enwiki 2024-04-25 to 2024-08-25

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1031176

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.May 14 2024, 10:24 AM

Wargo subscribed.May 15 2024, 10:44 AM

Consider scheduling your patch for a backport window if you want it to get reviewed, merged, and deployed in a more timely manner.

Pppery claimed this task.Tue, Jun 4, 8:42 PM

Pppery removed Pppery as the assignee of this task.Thu, Jun 6, 8:07 PM

Pppery awarded a token.Thu, Jun 6, 8:19 PM

Per @Urbanecm on Gerrit/IRC

Also most of the task description appears to be AI-generated, and the proposer has no non-self-promotional contributions on any WMF wiki. "We have a plan to utilize Wikipedia as a valuable source of information for the public. As part of this plan, we require at least one account for each lecturer and staff at our university" is nonsense - accounts are not required to read Wikipedia. And the while 103.211.49.0/24 might belong to the actual university in question, the other IPs here belong to random locations across Indonesia, including at least one open proxy/webhost.

I assumed good faith here and scheduled this for deployment, and was rightly rebuked on IRC. I was fooled, and won't be making that mistake again.

Nevertheless, though, we all failed here. This should have been noticed and caught much earlier before I reluctantly stepped up to the plate.

Change #1031176 abandoned by Aklapper:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] $wmgThrottlingExceptions for idwiki and enwiki 2024-04-25 to 2024-08-25

Reason:

Abandoning per https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T363291#9869600