On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 02:36:28PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote: >package: wiki.debian.org >severity: wishlist >x-debbugs-cc: debian-backports.lists.debian.org > >Dear wiki admins, > >On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 04:24:20PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: >> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 01:57:26PM +0000, Christian Heutger wrote: >> > I now uploaded to https://www.heutger.net/backports/ >> > and tried to create a wiki account, but got " Account creation failed: >> > To prevent spam, this wiki requires additional information from some >> > people. Please contact w...@debian.org and describe what you want to >> > do in the wiki...", so I try to get that sorted out now. > >I've experienced this several many times, that people are confused by >the message, despite it says what it says. Thus I suggest to make it >even clearer. > >How about: > >"Account creation *delayed*: to prevent spam, this wiki requires additional >information from some people. Please contact w...@debian.org and describe >what you want to do in the wiki. To repeat: please mail us if you need >an account." > >(I replaced "failed" with "delayed" and add the last sentence.)
ACK. I think I prefer "denied" in this case - I'd worry that some people might mis-read "delayed" to suggest it'll work if they just wait. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray
