Welcome[edit]

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Nomad, good luck, and have fun. — Newslinger talk 22:35, 9 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse![edit]

Hello! Nomad, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! — Newslinger talk 22:35, 9 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Invitation to WikiProject Reliability[edit]

Hi, Nomad! Thanks for ensuring that articles are supported by reliable sources. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject Reliability, a collaborative effort to improve the reliability of Wikipedia articles.

If you would like to participate, please visit WikiProject Reliability for more information. Feel free to sign your name under "Participants". Thanks! — Newslinger talk 22:36, 9 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Attempted logins from another device[edit]

This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can ask another question on your talk page, contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse.

As soon as I said I was going to spend less time on Wikipedia in the near future, I started getting "There have been multiple failed attempts to log in into your account from a new device" warnings pretty often, like every second day or so. Is there a way to IP check them, to see if they match any other registered user on Lithuanian wikipedia lt.wikipedia.org? I don't need to know the IP itself if that's considered private information, all I need to know is whether it's some other user trying to log in into my account, someone who regularly reads talk pages, which I find much more likely than all this being a sheer coincidence. --Nomad (talk) 20:23, 11 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The functionaries working theory is that someone's database got cracked, and now they're brute-forcing all known password combinations. As long as your password is strong you should be fine (and if not, or you use it on another site, change it!), it's mostly just an annoyance. If you want more help, change the ((help me-helped)) back into a ((help me)), stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 22:14, 11 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oh so it's not only me who gets it in the last few days? In that case probably a coincidence. Thank you for your help! --Nomad (talk) 02:55, 12 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]