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Account disabled

Hi folks, recurring contractor here.

I'm getting this when trying to access Phabricator with my old-and-now-reused account erut:

Your account has been disabled. If you believe that your account should be re-enabled, start a thread on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Phabricator/Help with a short explanation. If you do not receive an answer within a few days, contact the Release Engineering Team: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Release_Engineering_Team/Contact

Help would be much appreciated :) ~2026-52049-64 (talk) 09:01, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Who are you? With no links in your message and a temporary account name in your signature, there’s not much anyone can do. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 21:51, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Hey there! I can confirm the authenticity of this request. erut is working with the MediaWiki API Platform team. Could his phab account be reactivated? Thanks! HCoplin-WMF (talk) 16:08, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

@HCoplin-WMF, we still have no idea which specific Phabricator account this is referring to. (There is no account with the given username erut.) taavi (talk!) 10:49, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Apologies about that! There was a mixup between LDAP username vs Phabricator username. The Phab user is EliasRut: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/EliasRut/ HCoplin-WMF (talk) 17:40, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Done. taavi (talk!) 20:03, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Rename Matthias to Matthias M.

Please rename https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/people/manage/27989/ as I often get accidentally pinged. Matthias M. (talk) 20:25, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

@Matthias M.: Phabricator user names cannot contain spaces, please choose an allowed user name. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 21:55, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Please rename me to Matthias_M. then. Matthias M. (talk) 07:28, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

@Matthias M., it appears that Phabricator usernames cannot end with a period either. taavi (talk!) 10:50, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Please rename to Matthias_M then. Matthias M. (talk) 12:19, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Done. taavi (talk!) 20:03, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Rename CoderAnimeshPathak to Vesperio_ofc

Hello,

I would like to request a username change for my Phabricator account. I would love to update my handle to better align with my current professional identity and open-source contributions.

• Current Username: CoderAnimeshPathak
• Desired Username: Vesperio_ofc
• Phabricator Profile: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/people/manage/49419/

Thank you for your time and assistance!

Thank you! CoderAnimeshPathak (talk) 06:00, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

Done. AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 10:46, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

Phabricator Account Disabled and Participants Removed from Event Registration

Hello,

My Wikimedia Phabricator account has been disabled, and I would like to request that it be re-enabled.

My Wikimedia username is Mahuta.

I also need help with an issue affecting our Wikimedia Event Center event registration. While we were trying to resolve/report the issue, three participants were removed from the event registration page, and we would like to have them restored.

The affected usernames are:

• Nnamadee
• Usman saadu
• Baffa Ali

The event is:

WUGN-KATSINA Network WikiForHumanRights 2026: Knowledge for Rights, Voices for Change – NNFP THREE

Event registration page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:WUGN-KATSINA_Network_WikiForHumanRights_2026:_Knowledge_for_Rights,_Voices_for_Change_%E2%80%93_NNFP_THREE

We need these participants to be restored because we are currently finalising and preparing to publish the results of the contest we conducted. Their removal from the event registration affects our records and the final results.

Could you please help review this issue and, if possible, restore these three users to the event registration?

I would also appreciate your help in re-enabling my Phabricator account so I can properly report and follow up on this issue.

Thank you for your assistance. Mahuta (talk) 12:53, 7 October 2026 (UTC)