# Need help with account creation

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-account-creation/18404>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [2014年八月3日 07:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-account-creation/18404 "2014-08-03T07:43:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![lsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eada6e/32.png) [@lsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsh)\
**Post date:** [2014年八月3日 07:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-account-creation/18404/1 "2014-08-03T07:43:45Z")

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I hate making a thread for this since it’s not about the project itself, but I see no other way to handle it.

I tried to create an account on these forums a few days ago. I only received the account activation email today, and the link appears to be expired now. I see no way to reclaim the username at this point - I couldn’t find a way to resend the activation email, and trying to create a new account tells me the username is claimed. I’ve logged in with a gmail account to write this but I’d really rather have the correct account available to me.

I’d be perfectly happy for this thread to be deleted if someone could:

1. Tell me where to find a send new activation email link, or
2. Grant me the permissions to PM (and the username to contact with the unactivated account details) so I could get this sorted out.

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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [2014年八月3日 10:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-account-creation/18404/2 "2014-08-03T10:00:30Z")

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Try logging in with the account you created and it will ask if you want a new verification email sent.

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**Author:** ![lsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eada6e/32.png) [@lsh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsh)\
**Post date:** [2014年八月3日 18:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-account-creation/18404/3 "2014-08-03T18:21:48Z")

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Tried that. I get “Incorrect username, email or password”. I have tried both the username and the email address.

(eta good news is i’m a basic user now so i should be able to pm)

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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [2014年八月3日 18:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-account-creation/18404/4 "2014-08-03T18:26:15Z")

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> [@lshin](#):
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> I hate making a thread for this since it’s not about the project itself, but I see no other way to handle it.

This is exactly what this Meta category is about - management of the forum about the forum software. Meta meta.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2014年八月5日 00:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-account-creation/18404/5 "2014-08-05T00:04:12Z")

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Send me a PM with the information. That does not make sense, as @cpradio correctly indicated, trying to log in with the unconfirmed account will offer to send the confirmation email again..