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''Main help page: [[Help:Password]]''
''Main help page: [[Help:Password]]''
'''Note: These instructions are outdated.  A new way to set a recovery email and reset your password is underway.'''


If you want to have safety against lost passwords, you can set an e-mail address in your [[Special:Preferences|user preferences]] page that can be used to reset your password at any time.  This e-mail address should '''not''' be your FeministWiki e-mail address, since you need your FeministWiki password to use that one.  (Chicken and egg problem!)  The e-mail address you set in your user preferences will be invisible to all but the FeministWiki technician.
If you want to have safety against lost passwords, you can set an e-mail address in your [[Special:Preferences|user preferences]] page that can be used to reset your password at any time.  This e-mail address should '''not''' be your FeministWiki e-mail address, since you need your FeministWiki password to use that one.  (Chicken and egg problem!)  The e-mail address you set in your user preferences will be invisible to all but the FeministWiki technician.