MediaWiki talk:Acct creation throttle hit

Wording
May I change the wording to something a little less engineer-ish? Maybe something along the lines of: You have created $1 accounts, which surpasses the maximum allowable limit, and cannot create any more. If you have a special need to create more accounts, please contact a(n) ______ (admin/bureaucrat/steward/dev?) to request a higher number.

I think it would be helpful for admins to be able to grant more accounts to legitimate schools and such. Any ideas? - Mys  e  kurity ( have you seen this? ) 04:27, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, you must also consider the pitfalls of granting more accounts as this could lead to an abuse of the system as well. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  03:32, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

My suggestion
You have created $1 accounts, which exceeds the maximum allowable limit. As a result, you cannot create any more accounts at the moment. If you have a special need to create more accounts, please make a request on the Administrators' noticeboard for the limit to be temporarily raised.

Mark 04:31, 5 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Admins don't have the ability to change the limit. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 22:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * True, they do not have this ability. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  20:15, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

AOL
There are frequent complaints sent to info-en@wikimedia.org by AOL users about the inability to create accounts. I have updated the text accordingly. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 22:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Do you know the reason for this inability? -- S iva1979 Talk to me  03:38, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Google
editprotected It doesn't seem necessary or appropriate to link "proxy detection" to a google search. There is already an internal link to Proxy server, and if anything "proxy detection" should point to a how-to article. It is biased to use Google for this purpose. Please remove the link. Thanks129.49.24.222 (talk) 21:07, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


 * ❌ I'm refusing this request because Google is the search engine Wikipedia generally uses. Users have a choice between a number of different programs; Google just provides the list. PeterSymonds (talk)  12:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)