WikiQueer:User account security

All registered users have to log in using a password before they can edit using their usernames. Passwords help ensure that someone does not masquerade as another editor. Editors should use a strong password to avoid being blocked for bad edits by someone who guesses or "cracks" other editors' passwords.

In general
As a rule of thumb, a password that is reasonably long, with a mix of upper and lowercase letters and numbers, and not mostly made up of dictionary words or names or personal information (date of birth, cat's name, etc.) is likely to be reasonably strong for everyday use. However, it is left up to users to decide how strong a password they wish to use beyond this.

Accounts that appear to have been compromised may be blocked without warning; administrators generally will not unblock such accounts without evidence that their rightful owners solely control them.

Privileged editors
On WikiQueer, only certain users (including administrators) can perform some actions. It is especially important that these privileged editors have strong passwords. Administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, advisors and oversighters discovered to have weak passwords, or to have had their accounts compromised by a malicious person, may have their accounts blocked and their privileges removed on grounds of site security. In certain circumstances, the revocation of privileges may be permanent. Discretion on resysopping temporarily desysopped administrators is left to the bureaucrats, provided they can determine that the administrator is back in control of the previously compromised account.

Although the definition of "strong password" is deliberately left unspecified, privileged editors are required to use strong passwords and are informed that the WikiQueer system administrators will occasionally try to crack their passwords and disable those that can be cracked.