http://rt.wikimedia.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1511

Adding old admins as suggested by RobH. Please respond and let us know if this can be done.

I had sent another mail to the existing admins to ask about this and got a reply from "dereckson" who said:

"As far as I understand the situation,

• Romaine needs to approve mails
• KP hasn't had admin password anymore.

So, I added Romaine_wiki@yahoo.com as moderator and sent admin password to KP."

Therefore this should be resolved now, right?

romaine.wiki wrote:

It seems I got approved on the list, I can log in and see the user list. But I do not have an admin password which is asked for in another screen. I think the procedure isn't complete and I didn't receive (besides a spam mail) anything by mail.

Anyone?

Greetings - Romaine

Romaine, there is a separate moderator password and an admin password. It appears that "dereckson",one of the current admins, now is active again and made you a moderator.

With the moderator password you should be able to login here:

https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/admindb/WikimediaBE-l

note how this is different from the login that requires the admin password: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/admin/WikimediaBE-l

If you think you need more than the moderator rights, or you say you also did not receive the moderator password, could you try to contact "dereckson" (dereckson at espace-win.org,) directly first? He appears active again and also sent the admin password to "KP".

Probably he just gave you the moderator flag, and expected you can now use your regular user pass, but mailman still has that separate moderator password you need to use. I also expected that to be different at first.

Closed per comment #5. If you want the admin password, ask the current admin. Since he is active again, he can choose to give it to you or not.