Help:Extension:CentralAuth/CreateLocalAccount/en



Special:CreateLocalAccount is a special page that can can be used to create and attach a local account for a global user that is prevented from auto-creation locally. The special page requests a username and reason that will be publicly logged into the new account log (with the $3 subtype). The special page requests a username and reason that will be publicly logged into the new account log (with the  subtype).

An example use of this special page is a case where a user may create their account and start editing on another project but their IP/IP range is account-creation blocked for valid local reasons. Instead of creating a separate global account using $1, local administrator or stewards can use $2 to create and attach a local account into the already existing global account, and possibly grant the IP block exception group. Instead of creating a separate global account using Special:CreateAccount, local administrator or stewards can use Special:CreateLocalAccount to create and attach a local account into the already existing global account, and possibly grant the IP block exception group.

Known issues

 * Currently using Special:CreateLocalAccount creates an erroneous automatic creation log entry in addition to the force local account creation log entry. (T269494)