MozillaWiki:Policies/How to confirm accounts: Difference between revisions

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# The user has ''confirmed their email''.
# The user has ''confirmed their email''.
# In your best judgement the user is not a spammer.
# The user has ''indicated a potential desire to positively contribute''.
# In your best judgement the user is not a likely spammer.


It is not necessary that the person demonstrated that have a specific need for a wiki account. If the person's request demonstrates they may have significantly misguided expectations about what having a wiki account means, you can make note of this and suggest other places for the user to go in the account approval text.
It is desirable that the person indicates that they have a specific need for a wiki account. If the person's request demonstrates they may have significantly misguided expectations about what having a wiki account means, you can make note of this and suggest other places for the user to go in the account approval text.


Here is some text you can use when approving accounts:
Here is some text you can use when approving accounts:


<pre>Welcome to MozillaWiki! Stop by #wiki on irc.mozilla.org if you have any questions. Here is a list of tips to get you started editing on the wiki: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Help:Tips_and_Tricks</pre>
<pre>Welcome to MozillaWiki! Stop by #wiki on chat.mozilla.org if you have any questions. Here is a list of tips to get you started editing on the wiki: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Help:Tips_and_Tricks</pre>


=== Reject ===
=== Reject ===
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