Yes, I got the same idea as Mateus when reading this thread: As you type in a user name (or tab to the next box), the form should tell you if that username is taken or not. That will save you a lot of trouble going back to try a new user name.
2011/12/4 Mateus Nobre <mateus.no...@live.co.uk> > > I think it's easier if you write your username in a box and appears early > ''sorry, it's already used'' or ''available!''. > > > > > > Like the e-mail system. > > > > > > I never liked the suggestions system. > > > > > _____________________ > MateusNobre > MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects > (+55) 85 88393509 > 30440865 > > > > Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 03:10:33 -0700 > > From: fredb...@fairpoint.net > > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia Account Creation > > > > >>> > > > >>> > Hello, > > >>> > Last month I was in Qatar and introduced some people to Wikipedia. > > >>> While > > >>> > they were creating their accounts, some of them had their initial > > >>> > suggested username taken, so they had to repeat it a couple of > times > > >>> > until they finally found an available username. One of them had > > >>> repeated > > >>> > it around 3 or 4 times until he had gotten frustrated. Which is why > > >>> I'm > > >>> > asking if it's possible to add search type-ahead suggestions for > > >>> > available accounts. > > >>> > //Abbas. > > >>> > > >>> We have a page to do that at Special:ListUsers > > >>> > > >>> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Special:ListUsers > > >>> > > >>> or > > >>> > > >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers > > >>> > > >>> Fred > > >>> > > >> > > >> Special:ListUsers =/= list of all users with SUL > > >> > > >> przykuta > > >> > > > > > > What does Special:ListUsers =/= list of all users with SUL mean? > > > > > > I thought the problem was to find account names that are not being > used. > > > If you search for a name you think you might want to use it returns a > > > list of existing accounts. > > > > > > What is "SUL"? > > > > > > I know I'm supposed to understand Wikipedia acronyms, but I almost > never > > > do, unless I use them regularly myself, but I try to never use them, so > > > never get practiced up. > > > > > > Fred > > > > OK, here is a tool: http://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/sulinfo > > > > This gives user info from every Wikimedia wiki. "SUL Info > > > > This script gives a list of every account using a specified name on WMF > > wikis, and displays SUL data if accounts have been merged." > > > > The catch though is that if there is not an exact match it just returns > > no account. Special:ListUsers shows most close matches. > > > > It serves well enough for creation of an account on the wiki you're > > running it on. But there might be someone on another wiki using the same > > name, or one that is confusingly close. > > > > Fred > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- mvh Jon Harald Søby <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by> _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
