The account creation process in the default [[plugins/passwordauth]] plugin could support account moderation by an administrator. New account signups would go into a queue for approval by an administrator. (Random, potentially infeasible idea: save their edits and apply them if the account gets approved.) [[plugins/passwordauth]] could also support an "account creation password", as a simplistic anti-spam measure. (Some wikis edited by a particular group use an account creation password as an "ask an existing member to get an account" system.) --[[JoshTriplett]] [[tag soc]]