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This page is to discuss unified logins which were introduced in the early 2010s with the amalgamation of the previous configuration of separate accounts on separate wikis.

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[Wikitech-l] Single user login status --Brion Vibber
1. http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/htdig/wikitech-l/2006-November/thread.html#27726
[Wikitech-l] Primary account for single user login --Ans 11:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

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-== logging into all accounts simultaneously? ==
-" Special:UserLogin now logs the user in to every unified wiki simultaneously "
-doesn't work for me. I login at meta.wikimedia.org, then try en.wikipedia.org, but have to login again. And it doesn't seem to be a cookie problem because I stay logged in in meta.wikimedia.org.
---[[User:Utonsal|Utonsal]] ([[User talk:Utonsal|talk]]) 23:34, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
-:{{ping|Utonsal}} Each wikisister will set its own set of cookies, so meta is in wikisister "wikimedia.org" and enWP is on the "wikipedia.org", so most likely is a cookie issue if failing. Try to flick your browser to request permission, or check your settings and search for the cookie. &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 09:16, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
-== Wikidata: Not working + bad interaction design ==
-Central login isn’t working for Wikidata, but to make things worse, it doesn’t warn you until ''after'' you have made your first edit, so unless you remember Wikidata requires a separate login, you are almost guaranteed to leak your IP by trying to connect a Wikipedia page.
-Which is like even worse than not having central login, because if you don’t have central login you will remember to log in when you switch wikis.
-Can this be either fixed (if technically possible), or at least have the warning appear ''before'' you edit (i.e., have the warning appear as soon as you hit Edit, as opposed to after you hit Publish). Thanks. [[User:Al12si|Al12si]] ([[User talk:Al12si|talk]]) 20:15, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
-:{{ping|User:Al12si}} Wikidata is working fine for central login, please check that you have your cookies suitable enabled as that is usually the issue that we see. Do some good cache purging. With regard to a warning for IP editing, that already exists for the wikis in a traditional edit page (tested right now), so if you think that needs to be exist for WD's style of editing, that will need to be recommended to them specifically. Best to ask at [[d:Wikidata:Project chat]]. &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 22:27, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
-::@[[User:Billinghurst|Billinghurst]] My cookies are fine (and the fact that only Wikidata is not working shows that cookies isn’t my problem). I also perpetually run in private mode so caches aren’t the problem — if anything this ''always'' happens after a browser restart which means a cache clear will actually ''cause'' the problem.
-::If anything it’d be the auto-block features that modern browsers use that’s blocking the cookies. This could be something that the designers of central login didn’t envision when the feature was designed a decade ago when privacy browsers didn’t exist. A solution would be to add instructions to the login screen to tell users what domains to whitelist. — [[User:Al12si|Al12si]] ([[User talk:Al12si|talk]]) 22:33, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
-:::{{ping|User:Al12si}} That it doesn't work for you is not an indication that it doesn't work; if it is working for others, then it is working, and there is something about a configuration, you may well have rejected cookies for WD, how can I tell? Wikidata is a different interface methdodology, and not a traditional WMF wiki textbox, so you will need to talk to them about how they manage IP edits differently and for your proposed intervention. For technical design issues, where you have considerations about how you believe that some features of modern browsers may be interacting and you have identified what you consider a bug, then please create a bug report at [[phabricator:]], a general statement here on this talk page of "It is not working for me, fix it" isn't going to resolve the issue. &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 22:45, 21 November 2022 (UTC)