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Reset on-wiki 2FA for VernoWhitney
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I need to get 2FA reset or disabled for my VernoWhitney Wikipedia account.

I lost a number of phones as well as my backup codes (last February) so I'm signed into Wikipedia on one computer only. I'm not sure how to establish who I am. Can someone help me?

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VWBot created this task.Aug 31 2018, 6:54 PM
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Aklapper renamed this task from I fail at 2FA to Reset on-wiki 2FA for VernoWhitney.Aug 31 2018, 6:55 PM
Aklapper added a project: Trust-and-Safety.
jrbs subscribed.EditedSep 1 2018, 12:01 AM

@VWBot Can you make some kind of edit to your user talk page (referencing this task) assuming you're still logged in?

jrbs triaged this task as High priority.Sep 1 2018, 12:04 AM
jrbs moved this task from Backlog to Support on the Trust-and-Safety board.
VWBot added a comment.Sep 1 2018, 1:18 AM

Yeah, it'll have to wait until Tuesday when I'm back at work, though.

jrbs added a comment.Sep 1 2018, 2:22 AM
In T203270#4550033, @VWBot wrote:

Yeah, it'll have to wait until Tuesday when I'm back at work, though.

It'd also be helpful for you to email into ca@wikimedia.org from the email attached to your account. That'd be better, actually.

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Framawiki moved this task from Backlog to External on the Wikimedia-Site-requests board.Sep 1 2018, 3:20 PM
VWBot added a comment.Sep 1 2018, 11:31 PM

I sent an email, and it turns out that I'm actually logged in on a second computer that I had forgotten about. So I made a post on my talk page at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AVernoWhitney&type=revision&diff=857625869&oldid=856881632 .

jrbs closed this task as Resolved.Sep 3 2018, 5:53 PM
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Thanks for that! I've reset 2FA for your account. :)

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