Help:Extension:CentralAuth/CreateLocalAccount



Special:CreateLocalAccount is a 1>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Special pages|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 2>Special:Log/newusers|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>Special:CreateAccount, local administrator or stewards can use 2>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 1>Special:CreateLocalAccount creates an erroneous automatic creation log entry in addition to the force local account creation log entry. (T269494)