Mailing List Archive: Create an account for another user

Hi Everyone,

We disabled account creation due to too much spam and bots. I am
trying to manually create an account for a user. I read the docs at
[1] and visited Special:CreateAccount. I then entered the user's
details.

I have not submitted because I'm getting a message:

Your username will be adjusted to "XXXXXX"
due to technical restrictions.

I am not sure why I am getting that message. I am trying to create an
account for another user. I am not trying to change my user name.

I have all the wiki privileges and rights. They include bureaucrat and
administrator.

Does anyone know how to proceed?

Thanks,

Jeff

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Account_creation
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I think that’s just saying the account name you want will be changed to
xxxx to meet the technical requirements

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:41 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> We disabled account creation due to too much spam and bots. I am
> trying to manually create an account for a user. I read the docs at
> [1] and visited Special:CreateAccount. I then entered the user's
> details.
>
> I have not submitted because I'm getting a message:
>
> Your username will be adjusted to "XXXXXX"
> due to technical restrictions.
>
> I am not sure why I am getting that message. I am trying to create an
> account for another user. I am not trying to change my user name.
>
> I have all the wiki privileges and rights. They include bureaucrat and
> administrator.
>
> Does anyone know how to proceed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Account_creation
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