Help:Two-factor authentication – Wikipedia
Posted by jpluimers on 2023/09/06
For my link archive as this page contains instructions to request 2FA privileges at Wikipedia: [Wayback/Archive] Help:Two-factor authentication – Wikipedia
Checking whether 2FA is enabled
To determine whether your account has 2FA enabled, go to Special:Preferences. Under “Basic information”, check the entry for “Two-factor authentication”, which should be between “Global account” and “Global preferences”:
- If the entry says “TOTP (one-time token)”, 2FA is currently enabled on your account.
- If the entry says “None enabled”, 2FA is currently disabled on your account.
- If there is no entry for “Two-factor authentication”, your account currently doesn’t have access to 2FA, and you’ll need to request access at [Wayback] m:Steward requests/Global permissions#Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions before you can enable 2FA.
Viewing m:Steward requests/Global permissions#Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions is possible to do without being logged on at Wikipedia, but for requesting the 2FA permission and accessing Special:Preferences you need to be logged on.
Visit [Wayback/Archive] Steward requests/Global permissions/2018-12 – Meta and look for “OATH tester” for some examples of motivations for requesting.
–jeroen
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