Editor login inactivated

pwillener

pwillener

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It has been a busy period, and it seems that I have not visited dmoz.org in more than four months; now my login has been inactivated.

During the same period my email address has changed; the old address can no longer be used.

I was directed to a Reinstatement Request form, which I filled in. After submitting I got this error message
If you've changed e-mail addresses, please specify the original in the reason you wish to be reinstated.
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No matter what I enter into the form fields, I am getting the same message.

There is a mailto link to 'staff' [staff-at-dmoz.org], but this address bounces as non-existent.

How can I get my login reinstated?
 
jimnoble

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That you've forgotten some of your login details or you no longer have access to your original email account are merely stumbling blocks, not show stoppers.

Please contact me via http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/send.cgi?toeditor=jimnoble with as much corroborative information as you can such as:-

Approximate date joined
Real name
Editor name (but not password)
Original email address
Joining category
Additional categories gained
Roughly how many edits done
Approximate date of leaving and the circumstances

(Despite server errors, messages generally get through OK. No need to send it 7 times :))

Convince me that you are who you say you are and I can reset your email address of record to one that works today. This will make it possible for you to request a password reminder and complete a reinstatement request form.
 
pwillener

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Thank you for the reply. I have sent you the requested information, but received a proxy error. Please let me know if you have received the message.
 
pwillener

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I have been deactivated again! I applied for reinstatement twice (a few months ago, and again at the beginning of this year). Nothing happened; no reply from anyone.

I've sent an email to Jim Noble with the details he requested in 2009; no reply!

Is there any way to get reinstated as an editor? I have been an editor since 1998, and I don't understand why it is so easy to get kicked off, and so difficult to get reinstated...
 
pvgool

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the last action was a reinstatement on 2014-03-10
you did login and edit once
as a result you were deactivated again on 2014-07-09

I can find no requests for reinstament after that date
not one that is processed nor one that is waiting

editors are automatically deactivated when the do no edits in 120 days
reinstament is always done by a meta editor

as there is no request waiting you will have to make such a request again (sorry)
let us know here when you have made the request
 
pwillener

pwillener

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Thank you for the information on Jim Noble; I was unaware.

I have sent another request for reinstatement; 3 times in fact, for every email address I ever had since 1994.

P.S. I don't know why I don't receive email notifications from this forum when my thread is updated; that's why my delayed response to you.

P.S. can you tell me what email address I am registered at the ODP now:
 
pvgool

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it is the gol account

I still see no request from you.
I'll ask on the internal forum if one of our more technical meta's can look if there are some problems.
 
pwillener

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P.S. one completely unrelated question: how do I get an avatar into my RZ profile? When I go to my account and click on the empty avatar I get
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This is not important, of course. I just didn't see a RZ forum concerning RZ questions.
 
pvgool

pvgool

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only editors have permission to create an avatar on RZ
 
pwillener

pwillener

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That means as long as my editor login is deactivated, I cannot create an avatar?

Well, hopefully this issue will soon be resolved...
 
plantrob

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pwillener said:
Thank you for helping. I went to http://pmoz.info/try/post.php5 - it shows a blank page to me; do I need to do anything more?

Just F.Y.I.: Browser is Pale Moon 25.2.0 (x64) on Windows 7.
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Got the info. Unfortunately, it didn't help cast any light on your issue. Please try requesting reinstatement one more time. Report back with the exact time you submitted the form, as well as the URL of the page you see when you have submitted the form and any message on the page.
 
pwillener

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I have sent the reinstatement request again, this time from Firefox 35.0.1.

After clicking the 'Send Request' button, the screen looked different from previous attempts:
- previously it always went back to the reinstatement form;
- this time it went to a 'Reinstate Application Received' panel; URL https://www.dmoz.org/public/reinstate

Maybe the issue is solved now?

Thanks to both of you for your help!
 
plantrob

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Reinstatement request received and processed. Not sure why the browser would matter. If you see any further irregularities, please report them at the editor forum.
 
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