For the record, I have confirmed the account owner and have an email address for them.

@Cyberpower678 How did you confirm the account owner?

This is very odd and I see no reason why the password would suddenly stop working after a rename... I feel like it's more likely he just forgot it.

Could you ask them to email ca@wikimedia.org and we'll take it from there?

In T215375#4940010, @jrbs wrote:

@Cyberpower678 How did you confirm the account owner?

This is very odd and I see no reason why the password would suddenly stop working after a rename... I feel like it's more likely he just forgot it.

Could you ask them to email ca@wikimedia.org and we'll take it from there?

The user approached me via email and asked me to rename them to bring them in compliance with the username policy. Before proceeding, I asked them to login to their account and confirm the request by leaving a message on their talk page, which they did. So this is clearly not a case of forgotten password. Evidence of this request is https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:M_at_nethistory&diff=880667008&oldid=731251920&diffmode=source

So with that being said, I can confirm the email address that should be associated with this account, and can be reasonably sure this is not a case of a forgotten password as they logged in just prior to being renamed.

That being said I will forward him to that email so he can get this fixed.

In T215375#4940043, @Cyberpower678 wrote:

In T215375#4940010, @jrbs wrote:

@Cyberpower678 How did you confirm the account owner?

This is very odd and I see no reason why the password would suddenly stop working after a rename... I feel like it's more likely he just forgot it.

Could you ask them to email ca@wikimedia.org and we'll take it from there?

The user approached me via email and asked me to rename them to bring them in compliance with the username policy. Before proceeding, I asked them to login to their account and confirm the request by leaving a message on their talk page, which they did. So this is clearly not a case of forgotten password. Evidence of this request is https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:M_at_nethistory&diff=880667008&oldid=731251920&diffmode=source

Ah, that sounds perfect.

So with that being said, I can confirm the email address that should be associated with this account, and can be reasonably sure this is not a case of a forgotten password as they logged in just prior to being renamed.

That being said I will forward him to that email so he can get this fixed.

Great, thanks. :) I'll act on it when we get it.

In T215375#4940048, @jrbs wrote:

In T215375#4940043, @Cyberpower678 wrote:

In T215375#4940010, @jrbs wrote:

@Cyberpower678 How did you confirm the account owner?

This is very odd and I see no reason why the password would suddenly stop working after a rename... I feel like it's more likely he just forgot it.

Could you ask them to email ca@wikimedia.org and we'll take it from there?

The user approached me via email and asked me to rename them to bring them in compliance with the username policy. Before proceeding, I asked them to login to their account and confirm the request by leaving a message on their talk page, which they did. So this is clearly not a case of forgotten password. Evidence of this request is https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:M_at_nethistory&diff=880667008&oldid=731251920&diffmode=source

Ah, that sounds perfect.

So with that being said, I can confirm the email address that should be associated with this account, and can be reasonably sure this is not a case of a forgotten password as they logged in just prior to being renamed.

That being said I will forward him to that email so he can get this fixed.

Great, thanks. :) I'll act on it when we get it.

Email sent. The subject line is "Re: Lets Link Everything Open (LLEO)"