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* Never click <code>Close account</code> in the [[Special:EditAccount]] interface.<ref>Nothing ''actually bad'' happens if you do this. It just scrambles the person's password and blanks their email field (which is ''already'' blank). But this just creates more work if the user ever wants to, ya know, login and edit. If a user needs to not be allowed to edit ever again, then that falls to an administrator (using [[Special:Block]]) to enact, '''not''' an account specialist. A properly setup block will perform essentially the same function.</ref>

* To help recover an account, simply use [[Special:EditAccount]] to change the person's password to something random and give it to them. '''Instruct them to change it immediately'''.

** ~~Make sure~~, if there is even a sliver of doubt, ~~to double check~~ the ~~account~~ verified ~~template on the user~~'~~s page~~ to ~~ensure the correct~~ Discord ~~user~~ is ~~getting their account back~~.

** If the person is not in a position to immediately change their password (e.g at work, asleep, etc), and the account specialist ''knows'' this, it is advised the account specialist hold off on changing the password until they can. But this is not a requirement.

** Most of the time, account verification is simple sense the Discord account for most users are well known. But if there is even a ''sliver'' of doubt, use the '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Account verified|Account verified]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>''' to be sure.

** If there is even a ''sliver'' of doubt that a '''Discord account''' requesting recovery is compromised, forward the matter to a bureaucrat.

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 * Never click <code>Close account</code> in the [[Special:EditAccount]] interface.<ref>Nothing ''actually bad'' happens if you do this. It just scrambles the person's password and blanks their email field (which is ''already'' blank). But this just creates more work if the user ever wants to, ya know, login and edit. If a user needs to not be allowed to edit ever again, then that falls to an administrator (using [[Special:Block]]) to enact, '''not''' an account specialist. A properly setup block will perform essentially the same function.</ref>
 * To help recover an account, simply use [[Special:EditAccount]] to change the person's password to something random and give it to them. '''Instruct them to change it immediately'''.
-** Make sure, if there is even a sliver of doubt, to double check the account verified template on the user's page to ensure the correct Discord user is getting their account back.
+** If the person is not in a position to immediately change their password (e.g at work, asleep, etc), and the account specialist ''knows'' this, it is advised the account specialist hold off on changing the password until they can. But this is not a requirement.
+** Most of the time, account verification is simple sense the Discord account for most users are well known. But if there is even a ''sliver'' of doubt, use the '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Account verified|Account verified]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>''' to be sure.
+** If there is even a ''sliver'' of doubt that a '''Discord account''' requesting recovery is compromised, forward the matter to a bureaucrat.
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