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Happy editing!  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 00:06, 21 January 2019 (UTC)::

I dream of horses: Thank you for the "welcome" but I am actually a long-time member. The thing is I was logged out of my account (User:Ramblersen) and now have problems getting back in. I tried to change my password but haven't received the e-mal (it may have been sent to a no longer active e-mail account) and my old one doesn't work any more. I have tried to find someone who can help me getting back in but so far without luck. So would you by any chance be able to tell me what to do?89.23.235.183 (talk) 00:31, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately, if you have an inactive email address attached to your account, you'll probably need to create another one. :-/  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 01:47, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

I dream of horses: I checked some dates and it really should have been sent to one of two e-mail accounts that I still have access to. So I really don't get why I haven't received it. Is it possible to check what e-mail the password should have been sent to? I have had the account for more than 10 years and created more than 2000 articles with it, so it will really be a shame to have to start all over with a new one (even if it doesn't really make that much of a difference of course).89.23.235.183 (talk) 02:06, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

I don't think that can be checked, but I'm sure you can try again and check both email accounts.  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 02:12, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Maybe it is in your spam folder? Galobtter (pingó mió) 13:36, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Email

Hi, create a new email account at gmail.com. And then we'll find somebody to sort it out.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:58, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

I asked User talk:TonyBallioni. But you'll need to create a new email address.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:02, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Dr. Blofeld: Thank you for your fast and efficient response! Can I use my current e-mail (mikkel.moerch@hotmail.com) or does it have to be a new gmail account?89.23.235.183 (talk) 13:48, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Dr. Blofeld: Sorry for repeating this question but I didn't quite get weather I can have the new password send to my current e-mail mikkel.moerch@hotmail.com (that I can access) or weather it has to be a new gmail account?89.23.235.183 (talk) 15:57, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

The short answer is no. Password reset emails are designed to always go to the email; set in the user-preference and we can't tamper with that.

If you lose your access to the email as well as the account, the stuff is pretty bleak; almost-always. How do we know that you are not some impostor, who is trying to latch on to an old unused account; esp. in light of some disastrous account-compromises of late.

And thus, you will need to conclusively prove that you are the same guy who was operating Ramblersen years back pending which the developers can reset your password andenable access to the account. For one, have you attended any wiki-meetup or was in off-wiki correspondence any longstanding editor, who can vouch for your identity?

At any case, the volunteer community (admins and all) don't have any technical means to help you out and you need to contact someone over WMF's Trust&Safety team.

Obviously, you can alternatively choose to create a new account and casually mention over your new-user-page that you had a previous account--Ramblersen. ∯WBG^converse 07:31, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

User talk:Winged Blades of Godric: I have from years back communicated with very active User:Ipigott about Denmark-related Wikipedia subjects via the e-mail ramblersen@hotmail.com. I have still access to that account and it was the one that I thought the e-mail with the new password would be sent to (but I guess it must have been sent to a long time dead yahoo account, that is the only explanation for not having received the e-mail I can think of) since it is the one that I have been using for Wikipedia-related communication and match my user name. Furthermore, the situation isn't really that I'm trying to get access to some old, inactive Wikipedia account. I was active on it when I was suddenly logged out and the problem arose and then, minutes later, started to inquire about how to solve my password problem from the same IP address. That is the same IP address that the vast majority of my more than 60,000 edits over a ten year period have been made from. The rest has pretty much only been made from one other IP address that I will also be able to write from. To me that seems as pretty solid proof.89.23.235.183 (talk) 10:22, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed the last contributions of Ramblersen account:( I am asking a CU as well as a WMF stuff to look into it:-) ∯WBG^converse 10:46, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

My last contributions were over on Wikipedia Commons where I was improving the categorization of Danish paintings by genre.89.23.235.183 (talk) 23:26, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

User:Winged Blades of Godric: I have now created the the new account User:Ramblersen2, could you instead help me move User:Ramblersen to that main space to save the edit history as I as I see is possible here or do you still need more proof that I am in fact the same user?Ramblersen2 (talk) 21:52, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

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