[pydotorg-www] Lost access...want to update LocalUserGroups page

Marc-Andre Lemburg mal at egenix.com
Sat Mar 23 14:30:03 EDT 2024


I found two user entries with that user name and have changed their name 
to disabled.

Please try recreating an account with that name now.

If it doesn't work, you'll have to use a different user name.

Thanks.

On 19.03.2024 23:25, John MacTavish wrote:
> Mats/Team:
> 
> Yep, forgot password is exactly what I mean.  No I did not use OpenID. I 
> did try my working python.org email john at techsolx.com, but it doesn't 
> work on the wiki.
> 
> If there is anyone who can send me a reset token for the wiki, and or 
> update the email, great.  If not can the user name just be deleted and 
> I'll start over.  I understand it sounds, hacky  to delete someone...but 
> I am not sure what else to try.
> 
> Humbly,
> 
> John
> 
> On 3/19/24 18:13, Mats Wichmann wrote:
>> On 3/19/24 12:02, John MacTavish wrote:
>>> Team:
>>> I have lost access to my account.  I attempted email recovery to the 
>>> last know email addresses for my username, including this one to no 
>>> avail.  The account may exist with the now defunct meetup group, 
>>> associated email address, john at pythontricities.org 
>>> <mailto:john at pythontricities.org>.
>>> I attempted to re-create the account but my user name still exists, 
>>> and of course I can’t.
>>> I am not sure how to proceed. I would like to remove the older group 
>>> I started, it is no longer active, and start a new group at my new 
>>> location.
>>> https://wiki.python.org/moin/JohnMacTavish 
>>> <https://wiki.python.org/moin/JohnMacTavish>
>>
>> By lost access, do you mean forgot password? Most of us here can't 
>> help with that, although I think there are some who do. The reset 
>> indeed isn't going to work if you no longer have access to the email 
>> that was registered, if you used that form - I can't see those details.
>>
>> Your wiki name is still in the editors list, so if you can get 
>> authenticated, you do have the ability to make changes.
>>
>> If you used an OpenID provider to connect originally, that technology 
>> never seems to be working for the wiki ((though I don't know what the 
>> "official" status is considered to be), so not sure what to advise for 
>> that case.
>>
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