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April 24

Can't get my password

I have forgotten my password. When I click on the forgot password link and type in my email address, it appears to work, but I never receive the reset email. So I can't get logged in any more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.156.59 (talk) 00:50, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Did you register your email address when you created your account (Oh you haven't created one). If not, then probably only the NAS and GCHQ knows how to log in.--Aspro (talk) 01:24, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Aspro, our queriant hasn't got access to his/her account, at present, so is posting anonymously. I take it, OP, that you didn't create a confirmed identity? CS Miller (talk) 12:31, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

• ? The OP has been editing anon since 23 February 2014. Is it not reasonable to assume that they did not create and account in the first place? The anonymous OP 76.184.156.59 now appears to be up and running again, only as this time, he is anonymous 76.184.156.59 (do I hear an echo?). (Never mind. I created a new account.) [1] anonymous 76.184.156.59. Maybe an admin with more diplomatic skill than I can muster, may like to take him undertake their wing to guide him on how to create a proper account – should he so wish to. --Aspro (talk) 16:57, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

• You are assuming they lost the PW on their Wikipedia account. They didn't say that. StuRat (talk) 17:01, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

• Actually, the OP does say that on their talk page Palmtree5551 (talk) 19:00, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Check your spam/junk folder, just in case. —Nelson Ricardo (talk) 01:44, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Are you or your email provider using Yahoo? Have a look at this discussion. And this link explains it. - X201 (talk) 13:22, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

If you have more than one e-mail account, make sure that you're using the right one. You'll get that message regardless of whether you used the right e-mail address. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 13:44, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Google custom date range disappears

Forgive me if this has been covered before. In the last day or so I appear to have lost the ability to customize dates when searching for content on Google using Opera. The menus have changed too, with a sidebar appearing on the left of the page, and some of the options, such as customise range (allowing a date specific search, eg, 2012) disappearing. Strangely though it hasn't changed on through Chrome or Internet Explorer. Is there any way to tweak Opera so I can switch back to the previous version of Google, or am I stuck with it? Thanks. This is Paul (talk) 16:28, 24 April 2014 (UTC)