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To use the e-mail account recovery, you must have a recovery e-mail address configured in your account settings. If you never did this, skip to the next section. | To use the e-mail account recovery, you must have a recovery e-mail address configured in your account settings. If you never did this, skip to the next section. | ||
If you have a recovery e-mail address, you can reset the password of your account and have a new, randomly generated password sent to your recovery e-mail address. To do so | If you have a recovery e-mail address, you can reset the password of your account and have a new, randomly generated password sent to your recovery e-mail address. To do so: | ||
# Click the '''Reset password''' link on the left-side panel of the wiki (desktop version only) or just follow this link: https://account.feministwiki.org/reset-password.html | |||
# In the page that opens, enter your FeministWiki username and recovery e-mail address, click on "I'm not a bot" and wait a few seconds for the verification, then click on ''Send new password''. | |||
In the page that opens, enter your FeministWiki username and recovery e-mail address, then click on ''Send new password''. | |||
After you've received your new password, you can use the instructions further below on this page to change your password to one you can better remember. | After you've received your new password, you can use the instructions further below on this page to change your password to one you can better remember. | ||
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== Changing your password and recovery e-mail address == | == Changing your password and recovery e-mail address == | ||
You can change your FeministWiki password and/or recovery e-mail address | You can change your FeministWiki password and/or recovery e-mail address by visiting the account settings page: | ||
Click | # Click the '''Settings''' link on the left-side panel of the wiki (desktop version only) or just follow this link: https://account.feministwiki.org/settings.html | ||
# In the settings page, firstly fill out your FeministWiki username and current password. | |||
# Fill out the '''New password''' and '''Re-type new password''' fields if you want to change your password. If you want to change your '''Recovery e-mail''', fill out that field instead. Leave other fields blank. | |||
# Make sure '''not''' to use your FeministWiki e-mail address (like ''janedoe@feministwiki.org'') as your recovery e-mail address, because you need your FeministWiki password to access that one in the first place. (Chicken and egg problem.) Use a different e-mail address, which you can access even if you forgot your FeministWiki password. |