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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by David spector (talk | contribs) at 13:05, 2 August 2002 (Problem with Search for short words). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

I've got a question, and I cna't find an answer, I don't know if I'm just being incredibly stupid or what.

I have used Wikipedia only a few times since the switch over in scripts. One of the computers I commonly use it from automatically remembers my log in and I don't need to log in. But I'm currently working from a different computer, trying to log in, but the newe script requires a password.

I have no idea what my password is, I don't think I even set one, UseMod didn't require it. I have been unable to log in.

Shockingly I have had no luck finding any "help logging in" page, maybe nobody else has any problem?

Please help me out here!

Try something like this:

login, gave new username, enter new password - it will create new user with password. Remember to turn cookies in in your browser. szopen

Problem is, I have no desire to change my username. Is there no way to recover lost passwords? (Or non-existent passwords?) And why do we need passwords anyway, unless there for an admin. I think UseMod was as secure as it needed to be.

Maybe there was a default password for those of us who had no password under the old script that I can try?

Please someone help me out here, I feel incredibly stupid.

So far as I can tell, it is a problem. I try occasionally to log in on my computer at work; it always fails. I do know what my password is. Sounds like a feature request. Koyaanis Qatsi
To find out the password you forgot, go to the computer that logs you in automatically, look in the cookie file, and search for WikiUserPassword. Once you have your password, use it to log in from the other computer and make sure to check "remember my password as a cookie" 207.171.93.45
It works! Thanks!

The Search facility ignores short words. This is usually a good thing, but sometimes the short word is actually meaningful.

For example, the word "go" refers to a popular board game, yet cannot be found by searching for "go". It is actually indexed under a funny internal name that translates to "Go (board game)".

Could someone here please contact the person who maintains the Search facility and pass on my observation? David 13:05 Aug 2, 2002 (PDT)

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