Manual:Account creation

Account creation is done through Special:CreateAccount. There are three types of account creation, each with a separate api-logevents>Special:MyLanguage/API:Logevents#Parameters|log event action type:


 * &mdash; a new user creates their own account.
 * &mdash; another user account is created by an existing user.
 * (up until MediaWiki 1.26) &mdash; a new account is autocreated using . AuthPlugin has been superseded by .

It is possible, through the m-config>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings|configuration setting , to disable account creation or to limit it to sysops; see .