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I removed what appears to be out of date information. The link just says the special rules were replaced two years ago by global policy (which is already linked). If I have misunderstood anything feel free to restore. CapnZapp (talk) 08:44, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I can't think of any reason that 2FA would let vandels disrupt the project. It would actually benefit Wikipedia because it would help defend against account hijacking. Am I missing something? Why is this a hard-to-obtain privilege? Anonymous from Stack Overflow (talk) 12:26, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

One of the passages on page Wikipedia:User account security is ... due to violation of [...] standards on account sharing. Is there any policy/guideline/essay that elaborates on the issue of sharing a Wikipedia account by multiple people? —⁠andrybak (talk) 14:21, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, found it: WP:NOSHARING. It's hard to find because it is part of Wikipedia:Username policy. —⁠andrybak (talk) 14:31, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I keep getting errors when I save, as in Javascript Error https://en.wikipedia.org/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.visualEditor.base%2Ccore%2CeditCheck%2Cmwtransclusion&skin=vector-2022&version=h8k8m at line 667: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getSelection').

Cause for concern?  The visual editor keeps throwing errors like this. RememberOrwell (talk) 22:27, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@RememberOrwell: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Wikipedia:User account security. Please make your report at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback, or at phabricator:. --Redrose64 🦌 (talk) 23:21, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Done on mw. I was concerned that some volunteer-maintained code was a User account security issue, but point taken. RememberOrwell (talk) 08:43, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]