* On 2023 26 Aug 07:57 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 07:40:46AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * On 2023 26 Aug 07:13 -0500, Anssi Saari wrote: > > > Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> writes: > > > > > > > This Wiki is semi-private in that editing is not open to just everyone > > > > but may only be done through an account (apparently I have one and now > > > > have to figure out how to reset my password). > > > > > > Good for you. I tried creating an account but after putting in name > > > password and email it says no, send email to wiki@debian.org instead. I > > > think I'll pass. While I have KDE on one Debian machine, I don't use it > > > much so not that much to contribute. > > > > I was able to successfully change my password and update my Wiki home > > page a little while ago. It has been a long time since I created the > > account and don't recall what the process entailed. > > If I recall correctly, it used to be possible to create an account with > the standard wiki mechanisms, but that was discontinued due to spammers > abusing it. So, those of us who happened to create an account in the > early days got to do it the easy way, but now any new accounts need to > be approved by the wiki admins. I think you're right. Given the text I updated in my profile/Wiki home page I'm guessing I created the account ten to fifteen years ago. At least Firefox still had the username stored with an expired password otherwise I'd forgotten all about it! - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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