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graingert
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Can't log into the wiki

Post by graingert » Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:02 pm

Hey I can't log into the wiki with my phpBB account

My password is 30 chars long and includes numbers symbols and multicase lettering

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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by Silverfish » Sun May 01, 2011 9:08 am

You need to make a separate account on the Wiki, don't you?

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learn_more
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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by learn_more » Mon May 02, 2011 5:47 am

would be easy if it works with the same account?

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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by Endoperez » Mon May 02, 2011 7:42 am

There's some sort of connection between forum account and wiki account, since changing your forum password also changes your wiki password. I think I didn't have to create a separate wiki account, but I'm not sure.

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mgol
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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by mgol » Fri May 06, 2011 11:43 pm

Hey, I also can't login. When I click "register" it redirects me to the forum suggesting accounts should be the same. But if I try to login to wiki using my forum credentials, I get an error:
"Login error: You have not specified a valid user name."

Any help would be appreciated. :)

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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by learn_more » Sat May 07, 2011 6:36 am

m_gol wrote:Hey, I also can't login. When I click "register" it redirects me to the forum suggesting accounts should be the same. But if I try to login to wiki using my forum credentials, I get an error:
"Login error: You have not specified a valid user name."

Any help would be appreciated. :)
afaik underscore in a name ( the _ thingy ) is preventing the wiki from finding / accepting the username

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mgol
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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by mgol » Sat May 07, 2011 6:44 am

Hmm, is there any chance to fix that? Wikipedia doesn't have a problem with underscores in login name... (it treats it like spaces which it also allows)

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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by learn_more » Sat May 07, 2011 7:01 am

m_gol wrote:Hmm, is there any chance to fix that? Wikipedia doesn't have a problem with underscores in login name... (it treats it like spaces which it also allows)
that is probably the problem, wiki plugin searching in the forum database for 'm gol' while only 'm_gol' exists ;)

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mgol
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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by mgol » Sat May 07, 2011 7:25 am

I assume you also had this problem? :D Do you know who to contact about this?

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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by learn_more » Sat May 07, 2011 7:38 am

no clue, it's been like this for a while (i'm unable to login to the wiki still)

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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by mgol » Sat May 07, 2011 7:53 am

I have just written to Wolfire, let's see what they say.

EDIT: Eric from Wolfire proposed to change my username and I agreed to remove the underscore. I suppose this is the only thing they can do in a simple way.

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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by learn_more » Sun May 08, 2011 7:21 am

guess i can't edit the wiki then, since i don't want to change my username ^^

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Re: Can't log into the wiki

Post by guyber » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:06 pm

i had just the same problem. I just decided to make a new account. Thank you anyways learn_more! :D

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