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I forgot my password to my old account. Is there any way I can access it? Thanks Govols25 (talk) 06:32, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, this is User:WikiOriginal-9. I forgot my password and I don't remember what the email was. I think it started with "mail" followed by random numbers/letters@mail.com. Could someone tell me what it is please? 174.251.209.119 (talk) 19:50, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Few people have access to email addresses and they aren't revealed for privacy reasons. You can send a temporary password to the address at Special:PasswordReset but you cannot see what the address is. User:WikiOriginal-9 has a large edit count. If you have good evidence it's you then you can try the email address at Help:Logging in#What if I forget my password? and ask to set a new email address for the account. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:33, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for your help. I read that section but I don't see any option to change the email. I don't have anything that remembers my Wikipedia account's password nor do do I have a committed identity. 173.80.93.180 (talk) 23:18, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I meant you could send an email which asks to set a new email address. I don't know their practice but if you have other good evidence than a committed identity then they might evaluate it. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:08, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: I logged in. I got my password off my old computer. Thanks. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 03:21, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why am I recently getting logged out when switching to different languages on Wiki to check for article translations? Anyone else noticing this behavior? It makes editing international subjects rather tedious. - Indefensible (talk) 05:12, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Indefensible: When you return to the Wiki that you started out from - presumably English Wikipedia - are you logged in or not? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 11:17, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Logged out. I saw a discussion on unified accounts in the archive, but pretty sure mine is unified. - Indefensible (talk) 17:15, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Something is happening to your login cookie. Anyway, try WP:VPT, because this is not a help desk page. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:09, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks, was not sure where to go for technical issues. - Indefensible (talk) 19:02, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've forgot my password but no longer use the email associated with it. Hiw do I reset? 31.185.233.225 (talk) 18:27, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Logging in#What if I forget my password?. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:31, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The WL page doesn't appear to explain how to log-in to it. I'm already logged-in as an editor, but the WL is asking for a login. Am I really expected to create a different username/password account just to 'take advantage' of this resource?

There used to be a way to use one user/pw to cover multiple 'accounts'. Didn't see that in 'Global Preferences'. I'm disinclined to have to log-in /log-out twice. Twang (talk) 20:43, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Twang: I had never heard of WikiLibrary until today. Do you mean https://www.wikilibrary.com/ ? This website is nothing to do with the Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia's parent), hence has its own logins. Our single user login feature covers only websites that are directly affiliated to the WMF, such as these. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:50, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick reply.
I was referring to:

Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library

which is what (I'm assuming) needs to be signed into in order to gain access to a list of paywalled resources.

In particular, when I went to this page:

https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/

a link at the bottom says to 'Login via Wikipedia'

But then it goes to a page ON wikimedia (NOT via Wikipedia)

When I click that, it loads a page titled 'Log in' located at (beginning of loooooooong URL) 'meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php...'

and reads in the middle '...Special:

OAuth/authenticate&returntoquery...'

which asks for a name and password

which I might do ONCE IF it's legit. I found no documentation on this step anywhere, so if it's out there, it's well-hidden. Twang (talk) 05:30, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is no single website called Wikimedia. I assume that you refer to meta:, and your login and password there are exactly the same as your login and password here on English Wikipedia. This is becaise of WP:SUL, as I mentioned earlier. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:37, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• special:diff/1194806723/1217910663
• Help:Logging_in#What_if_I_forget_my_password_and_have_no_email_address_for_password_recovery?

Thoughts from anyone? Bluerasberry (talk) 16:13, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bluerasberry: Isn't the new material already covered by the second bullet point in the preceding section? -- John of Reading (talk) 06:34, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]