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Please help me with... Password changed on its own? I have been using the following account the past months to make occasional edits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/ThisNameIsAvailable

I tried to log into it today and it doesn't work. While I didn't save the password anywhere, it was memorable so-to-speak, so I doubt I suddenly forgot it since my last edit ~1 week ago. The account was originally associated with some throwaway email address but I removed it at one point, so it now has no email address to request a password reset with.

It doesn't show any new edits have been made since my own last edit on May 28, so I doubt someone actually hacked into it and changed things up, but evidently either the password has somehow changed or otherwise it remains the same within the database but for some reason Wikipedia blocks me from logging-in.

Is there any way to check this? Has anyone encountered such a bug before?

Thanks. ThisNameIsAvailableToo (talk) 21:46, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The email registered with an account is the only avenue available to recover a username. There are no superusers who can inspect your password or change it. If the password reset mechanism is not working (for instance, because the email that was registered is no longer available) there are no other options. You are welcome to create a new account - it looks like you've already done that - and state on the user pages of both accounts that you are the same person. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:35, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the email from that account so it won't actually send a password reset link anywhere.

I guess it's not retrievable then, but I really wonder what happened with the password not working all of a sudden. I'm 99.9% certain I've been trying the exact password that worked mere days ago, and for the tiny chance I messed something up I also tried several variations of it but it just wouldn't log in.

I know that it sounds implausible, but other than someone else gaining access to that account and changing the password (maybe that could be confirmed through IP address logs showing new sign-ins from a different country altogether, but apparently only a few dozen admins [on English Wikipedia] can check those), it seems like it may be some bug. ThisNameIsAvailableToo (talk) 06:38, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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