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This was reported by @Dyolf77_WMF. **Context** At workshops, you usually have one mentor who hosts the event. As a new comer, you have a special connection with this person, as they are the one you know, and you are more likely to recontact later. **Current situation** # a newcomer creates an account at Wikipedia. They are assigned a random mentor # the workshop host has now to claim this newcomer so that they can follow up with them later This creates one extra step during the event (usernames collection) and getting a random mentor can be confusing ("who is that person who claims to be my mentor?" "How can I have the host as a mentor?") **Preferred situation** # before the event, the host creates a link to `special:CreateAccount` with a special parameter that will force them as the mentor of anyone who uses this link # during the event, a newcomer creates an account at Wikipedia using this link. They are assigned the selected mentor. **Observations** - The parameter could be something like `special:CreateAccount?forceMentor=Trizek` - in some cases, several mentors can host the workshop. Could it be possible to have multiple names as a parameter? `special:CreateAccount?forceMentor=Trizek,Dyolf77` - There is one possible case of abuse, where someone would edit the link on a global page (help page, event page), and force a mentor to receive all newcomers. **Acceptance criteria** [ ] When `?forceMentor=User A` is passed to Special:CreateAccount //and// `User A` is a mentor (automatic or manual), `User A` is assigned to the newly-created user. [ ] Behavior of `forceMentor` is analogical to the previous point when more than 1 username is specified (format: `?forceMentor=User 1|...|User N`), ie. one of the users is assigned to the newly-created user.

This was reported by @Dyolf77_WMF. **Context** At workshops, you usually have one mentor who hosts the event. As a new comer, you have a special connection with this person, as they are the one you know, and you are more likely to recontact later. **Current situation** # a newcomer creates an account at Wikipedia. They are assigned a random mentor # the workshop host has now to claim this newcomer so that they can follow up with them later This creates one extra step during the event (usernames collection) and getting a random mentor can be confusing ("who is that person who claims to be my mentor?" "How can I have the host as a mentor?") **Preferred situation** # before the event, the host creates a link to `special:CreateAccount` with a special parameter that will force them as the mentor of anyone who uses this link # during the event, a newcomer creates an account at Wikipedia using this link. They are assigned the selected mentor. **Observations** - The parameter could be something like `special:CreateAccount?forceMentor=Trizek` - in some cases, several mentors can host the workshop. Could it be possible to have multiple names as a parameter? `special:CreateAccount?forceMentor=Trizek,Dyolf77` - There is one possible case of abuse, where someone would edit the link on a global page (help page, event page), and force a mentor to receive all newcomers. **Acceptance criteria** [ ] When `?forceMentor=User A` is passed to Special:CreateAccount //and// `User A` is a mentor (automatic or manual), `User A` is assigned to the newly-created user. [ ] Behavior of `forceMentor` is analogical to the previous point when more than 1 username is specified (format: `?forceMentor=User 1|...|User N`), ie. one of the users is assigned to the newly-created user. [ ] Document how this feature works.

This was reported by @Dyolf77_WMF. **Context** At workshops, you usually have one mentor who hosts the event. As a new comer, you have a special connection with this person, as they are the one you know, and you are more likely to recontact later. **Current situation** # a newcomer creates an account at Wikipedia. They are assigned a random mentor # the workshop host has now to claim this newcomer so that they can follow up with them later This creates one extra step during the event (usernames collection) and getting a random mentor can be confusing ("who is that person who claims to be my mentor?" "How can I have the host as a mentor?") **Preferred situation** # before the event, the host creates a link to `special:CreateAccount` with a special parameter that will force them as the mentor of anyone who uses this link # during the event, a newcomer creates an account at Wikipedia using this link. They are assigned the selected mentor. **Observations** - The parameter could be something like `special:CreateAccount?forceMentor=Trizek` - in some cases, several mentors can host the workshop. Could it be possible to have multiple names as a parameter? `special:CreateAccount?forceMentor=Trizek,Dyolf77` - There is one possible case of abuse, where someone would edit the link on a global page (help page, event page), and force a mentor to receive all newcomers. **Acceptance criteria** [ ] When `?forceMentor=User A` is passed to Special:CreateAccount //and// `User A` is a mentor (automatic or manual), `User A` is assigned to the newly-created user. [ ] Behavior of `forceMentor` is analogical to the previous point when more than 1 username is specified (format: `?forceMentor=User 1|...|User N`), ie. one of the users is assigned to the newly-created user. [ ] Document how this feature works.