Thread:Project:Support desk/Trying to mass block/reply (3)

I recommend against disabling account creation due to vandalism. For one thing, it just gives the vandal a victory, and you don't want to be doing that. Second, it's disruptive and can permanently stop prospective users from editing, plus it also just looks like an amateur or personal solution. There's an extension that can throttle account creations, which is better than outright disabling it. Also, if you have a problem with mass spam users or vandals, Confirm Account might not be a bad idea, as it requires new accounts to be approved. You will want to customize it though to only require username, email, and bio, and also not require real names as usernames and only require a 20 or so word bio, as the extension was originally developed for Citizendium, a fairly gaky ripoff of Wikipedia that never gets any new users because their account approval process requires tons of personal information. I'm fairly sure it defaults to all of their settings. The downside of this though is that you will need users who are always around to approve accounts, plus if someone makes a typo in their email, they'll never get their account.