Topic on Project:Village Pump

I've got an account here which I started back in 2006, but I forgot my password and it seems that in this case I neglected to set up an email address for my username. Thus the Reset Password page just says: "There is no email address recorded for user <xxxxx>". Oops!

So I'd like a password reset sent to the email address I use for the same username on several other Wikipedia projects. I can think of several ways to demonstrate that I'm the same person. Is there a way to privately submit a request to the admins here? Or some other option? Thanks!

If the account is the same as Wikipedia, the password should also be the same. You should check Special:CentralAuth/YourAccountName and see if the MediaWiki.org account is linked.

Thanks for the quick response. This account was set up before there was that sort of linking of accounts. They are not linked, and the password is different. So I'm still looking for some help here.

I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do about that. If you don't have the email address and you don't remember the password, we cannot retrieve the account for you.

Well, almost. On the off chance you set up a committed identity (if you don't know what that is, then you didn't), you can use that to prove you own the account and get it back.

I would like to know what it is, please.

w:Template:User committed identity

Thanks - this has its weaknesses but appears to be useful when used early.