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If you previously entered an email address when signing up for the account or in your Preferences, and you still have access to that email account, then you can enter your username on the login screen and click ' Forgot your password? '. Enter your user name and that email address on the next screen (Special:PasswordReset), and the system will ...
Forgotten username. If you have forgotten your username you might be able to get the system to remind you. If you: then this special page can help you recover access to your account: Go to Special:PasswordReset and enter your email address, and the system will send an email containing, among other things [a], a reminder of your user name.
Account settings. Customize your Wikipedia experience. Change your preferences. Change your signature. Change your username. Confirm your email address. Delete your account. Log in (troubleshooting) User page help.
A screenshot of the English Wikipedia login screen. In computer security, logging in (or logging on, signing in, or signing on) is the process by which an individual gains access to a computer system or program by identifying and authenticating themselves. User Credentials. Typically, user credentials consist of a username and a password. [1]
Username policy. Vandalism. v. t. e. This policy describes what kinds of usernames are acceptable on the English Wikipedia and how unacceptable or doubtful usernames can be dealt with. It also specifies that a user account should be used only by one person, and that in most cases one person should use only one account.
Two-factor authentication (2FA) Wikimedia's implementation of two-factor authentication (2FA) is a way of strengthening the security of your account. If you enable two-factor authentication, every time you log in you will be asked for a one-time six-digit number in addition to your password. This number can be provided by an app on your ...
It would be really helpful if this page had Wikipedia's password limitations. Important questions to answer include: minimum length, maximum length, and forbidden characters. Even better, is if this information is added to the Change password page used to modify passwords, and the password picking page for new users.
I forgot my username or password If you added, associated, and confirmed an email address to your Wikipedia account at any time before you lost the ability to access it, you can recover your username and password by clicking here. Enter your Wikipedia account username or the email address you associated and confirmed to your Wikipedia account ...