Bug#900421: improve "wiki account creation delayed" message

Steve McIntyre <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.www
Message-ID <20180530150800.yk2i2hsmu7v3fy43__12355.7687773884$1527692838$gmane$org@tack.einval.com>
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 02:36:28PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
>package: wiki.debian.org
>severity: wishlist
>x-debbugs-cc: debian-backports.lists.debian.org
>
>Dear wiki admins,
>
>On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 04:24:20PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
>> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 01:57:26PM +0000, Christian Heutger wrote:
>> > I now uploaded to https://www.heutger.net/backports/
>> > and tried to create a wiki account, but got " Account creation failed:
>> > To prevent spam, this wiki requires additional information from some
>> > people. Please contact [email protected] and describe what you want to
>> > do in the wiki...", so I try to get that sorted out now.
>
>I've experienced this several many times, that people are confused by
>the message, despite it says what it says. Thus I suggest to make it
>even clearer.
>
>How about: 
>
>"Account creation *delayed*: to prevent spam, this wiki requires additional
>information from some people. Please contact [email protected] and describe
>what you want to do in the wiki. To repeat: please mail us if you need
>an account."
>
>(I replaced "failed" with "delayed" and add the last sentence.)

ACK. I think I prefer "denied" in this case - I'd worry that some
people might mis-read "delayed" to suggest it'll work if they just
wait.
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