Setting up a new wiki user: Difference between revisions

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# copy the user name and go to [[Special:Userrights]] and paste the name there; click "Edit user groups" button
# copy the user name and go to [[Special:Userrights]] and paste the name there; click "Edit user groups" button
# check the checkbox for '''CCMDB_legit''' and click the "save user groups" button
# check the checkbox for '''CCMDB_legit''' and click the "save user groups" button
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Does one have to do this for both wiki's? [[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 19:22, 2019 February 19 (CST)


=== For administrator users only ===
=== For administrator users only ===

Revision as of 20:22, 2019 February 19

Users who are set up as (to be confirmed) Bureaucrats in user rights management can add new users.

Adding a new user

  1. check if user already exists: User List; if so you are done
  2. open the Special:CreateAccount page (or go to special pages and click the "Create account" link)
  3. enter the new username, same as network login (use lowercase - because the login is case sensitive we have had problems with people getting cases just right)
  4. leave the password fields blank and click checkbox for "Use a temporary random password and send it to the specified email address"
  5. enter the email address - make sure this is correct, the wiki will use it to send the user a password
  6. enter the full real name in "Real name (optional)"
  7. click "Create account" button
  8. explain to new user that they now have a wiki account and direct them to Category:Wiki use
  1. create a page for the user, usually copy content of most similar user to the page and edit
  2. add a #redirect:p:Tina Tenbergen to their http://ccmdb.kuality.ca/index.php?title=User:ttenbergen (replace Tina's name and ID with new user's)
  3. copy the user name and go to Special:Userrights and paste the name there; click "Edit user groups" button
  4. check the checkbox for CCMDB_legit and click the "save user groups" button


Template:Discussion Does one have to do this for both wiki's? Trish Ostryzniuk 19:22, 2019 February 19 (CST)

For administrator users only

Only if the new user needs to be able to create accounts on the wiki the user has to be set up as "administrator" in user rights management. To do this:

  1. click here
    • alternatively Toolbox, Special pages, User and rights section, user rights management
  2. enter the new user's name exactly as just set up (copy and paste works best...)
  3. click edit user groups
  4. check the box for administrator
  5. enter a reason why that user needs to be an admin
  6. click "save user groups"

Deleting a user

see Disabling a wiki account

See also