Trust and Safety Product/Temporary Accounts/Repository
New gadgets and user scripts
- Highlight or distinguish individual accounts
- w:User:Seercat3160/ColourfulTemporaryAccounts - colors the TA based on a hash function, using accessible colors. Includes a comparison table for the 4 alternatives below.
- de:Benutzer:Aka/tempkontfett.js - the last three numbers of a temp account's username appear bold, making it easier to spot multiple edits by the same account
- w:User:Aaron Liu/TemporaPaint.js - colors the TA based on a hash function
- w:User:VectorWorld/TemporaryAccountsAmongUs.css - colors the TA based on the last digit
- w:User:JeffUK/VerboseTemporaryAccounts.js - replaces the numbers with words using a hash function
- m:User:Ponor/watchlist-user-highlight-revcount.js - enabled by a
toggle on top of Watchlist/RC, shows recent revision count by each user, which when clicked highlights the user
- de:Benutzer:Hgzh/css/ipRevealCompact.css - makes the "show IP" button less prominent
Community documentation
- d:Q130641723 – information pages on temporary accounts in multiple wikis
- d:Q130323657 – information pages on the new user rights in multiple wikis
- fr:Aide:Blocage des comptes temporaires - a help page on French Wikipedia with good practices of blocking temporary accounts
Slides
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Wikimania 2023 slide deck (English) -
Wikimania 2024 slide deck(English) -
WikiCon 2023 slide deck (German) -
AdminCon 2024 slide deck (German) -
WikiCon 2024 slide deck (German)
Media
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A video about editing with a temporary account
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Wikimania 2023 session recording
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Wikimania 2024 session recording (English)
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WikiCon 2024 recording (German)