Hi Thad, Admins cannot change passwords of other users.
Best regards Ameisenigel Thad Guidry <thadgui...@gmail.com> schrieb am So., 20. Nov. 2022, 04:17: > Thanks Nick, > > But I do not see the Password Reset button. (with or without using a VPN) > My password has not changed and still should work, so I don't really need > to use the password reset feature. > There must be something else that is causing an error message that simply > states:"Incorrect username or password entered. Please try again." > I have always used lowercase for my username and have only changed my > password about 3 times since using Wikidata from the very beginning. > The last time it worked was just before my move to China. I did request > the global unblock already and that has resolved the previous messages I > got where I could not get a login box. > I do get a regular login page on meta, wikidata, and english wikipedia. > But all 3 say the same message: "Incorrect username or password entered. > Please try again." > This concludes me to believe there is an account issue which I do not have > the means to resolve myself. > Certainly the easiest test would be to have some admin reset my password > to a temporary password emailed to me? > If that works, then we know there is some issue with my password, and if > it does not then further investigation could be made (header/response etc.) > > Thad > https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ > https://calendly.com/thadguidry/ > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 8:44 AM Nick Wilson (Quiddity) < > nwil...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hi Thad, >> >> Ah, I checked with and without a VPN. >> I see this without a VPN: https://i.imgur.com/GbspDOE.png (includes the >> missing line) >> Which links to: Special:PasswordReset >> but it is *not usable* from a blocked VPN to prevent abuse. >> Sidenote: Your 2nd screenshot has your email-address in the "username" >> field, which would definitely Not work. >> >> *For requesting an exception*, see the 3 options at >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/No_open_proxies#Global_exceptions_and_appeals >> >> Hope that helps, >> Quiddity >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/message/H3WDZMGFHNJU45KO4MBDZWRFEXS3V3ES/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/message/LVWMFAEQCH3QWRGGMCBSQRZ2DEIMYCR3/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >
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