#1767 closed defect (fixed)
Request account doesn't work
| Reported by: | chau | Owned by: | christian |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | SysAdmin/Wiki | Keywords: | |
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Description
I have tried to request a WIKI account.
I have filled out the form and successfully submitted it. Then I get an email where I need to verify my email address by clicking a link. Clicking the link seems to work but doesn't let me do anything.
When trying to request the account again I get the message:
Username is already in use in a pending account request.
Change History (14)
comment:1 by , 8 years ago
comment:2 by , 8 years ago
The confirmation URL is:
wiki.osgeo.org/index.php? title=Special:RequestAccount&action=confirmemail&wpEmailToken=6119baf6e01f01f8ec868e9a5b2f1e49
comment:3 by , 8 years ago
I reviewed your request and accepted it now. Sorry that I did not directly respond on a sunny sunday afternoon. ;)
comment:4 by , 8 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
follow-up: 6 comment:5 by , 8 years ago
Christian, does the confirmation email mention the fact that requests need be approved ? It may help avoiding the confusion...
comment:6 by , 8 years ago
Replying to strk:
Christian, does the confirmation email mention the fact that requests need be approved ? It may help avoiding the confusion...
It does, so I was and am aware of the manual approval. But what confused me was, that I had requested an account about two weeks ago, but didn't receive any feedback. I cannot find the email address confirmation mail though.
follow-up: 9 comment:7 by , 8 years ago
Its possible, that I qualified your first request as spam. Its sometimes very difficult to see what is a valid request and what not. Please have a look at what kond of spam I have to deal with: https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Special:ConfirmAccounts/authors&wpShowRejects=1
comment:9 by , 8 years ago
Replying to christian:
Its possible, that I qualified your first request as spam. Its sometimes very difficult to see what is a valid request and what not.
If thats the case, then its okay :) I guess it would help to filter out the valid requests if the requester had a way to challenge the disqualification or at least know about it?
Please have a look at what kond of spam I have to deal with: https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Special:ConfirmAccounts/authors&wpShowRejects=1
I would like to see, but haven't got the credentials.
comment:10 by , 8 years ago
Ok, I can tell you that I get >10 requests a day from humans, that write about their passion with Open SOurce GIS, of which 99% are spam, because they then put 50+ pages of links to external webpages and upload big documents after I accept them.
follow-up: 13 comment:11 by , 8 years ago
Wow, those numbers make me wonder how many spammers we are letting in on the LDAP side :(
If only we could at least have a single set of accounts (#165) we'd then share some of the effort
comment:12 by , 8 years ago
I have the option of directly rejecting as spam or holding a request. In the first case, the requestee is not notified, in the second case he gets a further question from me about what he/she wrote...
comment:13 by , 8 years ago
Replying to strk:
Wow, those numbers make me wonder how many spammers we are letting in on the LDAP side :(
If only we could at least have a single set of accounts (#165) we'd then share some of the effort
I would very much like that, but I am afraid, that I have no knowledge about LDAP, so that why I can't take care of this.
comment:14 by , 8 years ago
I don't think you need to know about LDAP to install the Mediawiki plugin. And you can count on me for help on the LDAP side. Anyway, this is best discussed in #165
Can you please write here the confirmation url (link received by email) ?