Jamesdowallen
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Wrongly blocked (probably Nonurgent, Unimportant)
"Editing from 159.192.225.175 has been blocked (disabled) by ProcseeBot for the following reason(s):"
Jamesdowallen (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. Low priority -- the assigned IPs change frequently I think. Jamesdowallen (talk) 18:07, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
Accept reason:
Block lifted. It was running an open proxy earlier this month. Like you say, though, assigned IP addresses change frequently so this was probably the person who had the address before you did. Yamla (talk) 18:43, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
Admin help
{{Admin help}} I think my password has been hacked. I am unable to change my password, nor to get the password-reset email sent to my email (*** Email address redacted ***) I am logged in right now, via cookie, but assume I will not be able to log back in once that expires. Help!
- Unfortunately I doubt that there is anything that can be done about this apart from abandoning this account and creating a new one, but I am leaving your request open in case someone else can be more helpful.
- I have removed your email address from public view, as I think posting it in a (fairly) public web page is not a good idea. Any administrator will still be able to find it in the deleted editing history of the page, if they have any need to do so. If you don't agree with me, and wish to have the email address restored, that will be up to you: you can just post it here again, or you can ask me or any other adminsitrator to restore it to the publicly visible editing history of the page. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:35, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- If you are logged in, then why cannot you go to your preferences and change the password - Special:Preferences? Also you can check that the e-mail address is correct and confirmed (password re-sets only to confirmed e-mail). Consider adding a {{committed identity}} to your user page - decide on a memorable phrase and enter that at https://tools.wmflabs.org/text2hash/ to get the hash for the template. If you then lose access, then you can use that phrase as evidence of your account. Ronhjones (Talk) 21:53, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
| This request for help from administrators has been answered. If you need more help or have additional questions, please reapply the {{admin help}} template, or contact the responding user(s) directly on their own user talk page. |
I should have been clearer. The password page asks me for my old password, *and then rejects my choice.* Perhaps a hacker changed my password. Perhaps I changed it and then forgot it. How do I get the reset-password via email option without logging out?
One way to do it, perhaps, is to open a Firefox window (normally I use Chrome). It thinks I'm logged out (it uses its own cookies separate from Chrome's) and presents me with a "Forgot your password?" option. Doing this just this moment I see. "A password reminder has already been sent within the last 24 hours. To prevent abuse, only one password reminder will be sent per 24 hours." Sure: I already tried this before I posted the first "Admin help request". BUT neither the inbox nor the spam folder of my gmail account have any messages from Wikipedia.
What's going on? The email account associated with my Wiki name can't have been changed by a hacker, right?
- In theory, sure, but it's very unlikely. Are you positive you're checking the right email? @JamesBWatson: could you compare the e-mail that's been listed on the user's user page for the last decade to the one you recently revdel'd from their message here (no comment) and see if they match?
- Anyway, we recently had a case just like yours (forgotten password + cached logon credentials) and the user managed to get a new password after an intervention from JSutherland (WMF), see phab:T194929. Talk to them and who knows, maybe you'll get lucky. 78.28.45.127 (talk) 09:56, 15 July 2018 (UTC)