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It is 14:58:59 on November 23, 2024, according to the server's time and date.

Discussion ongoing re: requiring Extended confirmed to transclude and remove RfAs

I noticed there's somewhat of a poll in progress at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship#Extended confirmed? that seeks to change protection status of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to require "Extended confirm" to edit the page. It doesn't appear the discussion has been mentioned elsewhere. For your information. –xeno^talk 22:19, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have added it to Centralized discussion.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 16:17, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Resysop request (JzG)

JzG (current rights · rights management · rights log (local) · rights log (global/meta) · block log)

Thanks for switching off the sysop bit back in April. Please re-enable now. Guy (Help!) 23:59, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

BN self request Special:PermaLink/775717482#Desysop.2C_please. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:27, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Happy news! :D Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 00:28, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done Welcome back. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:21, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Guy (Help!) 07:34, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lost access to account

AuburnPilot (current rights · rights management · rights log (local) · rights log (global/meta) · block log)

Hello, all! At some point I apparently added two-factor authentication to my main account, though I don't honestly recall doing it. As such, I don't have a means to obtain authentication codes and no longer have access to my admin account. I'm not sure what the procedure is in this situation, but I don't expect I'll ever be able to access the account again, so it might be best to remove the admin bit. Otherwise, I suppose it'll be removed eventually due to inactivity. I have email enabled on both accounts if some verification is needed. Best, --auburnpilot's sock 19:31, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is a Phabricator thing, not a bureaucrat one. Given this diff we can be certain that User:AuburnPiIot is the same person as User:AuburnPilot. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:03, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I've temporary removed +sysop, per your request above. There are a few options, will reply below in a moment. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:07, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Options:
1. Verify this is actually a 2FA issue
  1. Are you successfully logging in with your password, but then getting the 2FA prompt?
2. Regain control of your 2FA account
  1. Consider what device(s) you may have enrolled in 2FA with and see if they still have authentication clients on them
  2. Enrolling in 2FA includes a generation of "scratch codes" - perhaps you wrote these down somewhere as it asked you to
3. Establish strong support that your alt account is under control of the same person that had control of your admin account - then:
  1. We could move your admin access to another account
  2. You could petition a developer to remove your 2FA configuration : This is generally not supported (c.f. phab:T85706), but is technically possible.
    1. Example ticket phab:T168779,

— xaosflux ^Talk 00:12, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick response! It's definitely a 2FA issue as I'm getting asked for a verification code when logging into the site. Unfortunately, the device I would have used at the time was issued by the company I previously worked for and is no longer in my possession (wiped clean and returned upon leaving the company about 5 months ago).

As for proving the connection between accounts, I'm sure there are several people I've been in contact with off project who could confirm and I have no issue with a CU comparing IPs. I also provided a committed identity at some point in the past. It should be in the deleted history of the userpage for my main account (now to remember the string! haha). Thanks! --auburnpilot's sock 03:03, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OK, so that clears #1, and #2. Assuming you want to be an admin again, #3 will be needed, do you want to go for the move to a new account or beg a dev route? Your deleted CI begins with "c0e6" and was from 2007 - this would be useful for either. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:24, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]