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March 2007

I like that Login and Logout were merged, but "Logging" is an ambiguous name since "logging" by itself normally refers to data logging. Beyond Authentication and Password issues this is really a dictionary entry anyway ("log in" vs "login", etc.) —Quarl 2007-03-07 14:34Z

As a software engineer I can't say that I've ever heard of anyone referring to "logging in" as simply "logging." "Logging" on its own has always meant one of two things, data logging or logging, i.e., what one does with trees. (The original confusion for the name of this article may have come from the actual term "logging in" or the word "login" which sounds similar to "logging.")

Instead of the current article name I propose this article to be renamed to something else, possibly to "logging in" or "user authentication process (computer)" (discussing "logging in" and "logging out") or something else but not "logging." (There may already be a suitable article that the log-in/out process could be merged into.) Finally, "logging" should redirect to a disambiguation page (listing data logging and logging and possibly "logging in (computer)" or whatever this article ends up being called). -Andreas Toth (talk) 00:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok I seem to understand the difference in Login and log in. What about Login ID? Can you use that in place of Username (or is it User Name?), or would that not be a correct term. I know I've seen it all over, but it doesn't mean it's right.

Where did the term come from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.86.151.246 (talk) 18:54, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I moved the page to login per above comments and WP:NAME. There is no reason why logout can't be coverd under this title.--agr (talk) 10:18, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Adjective vs. noun

I challenge the use of the term login as a noun. It could lead to confusion. Login should be used as an adjective. For example, a login problem or a login procedure. Consider the following sentences:

Incorrect: Sir, I lost my login (n.) today. Can you help me? Correct: Sir, I lost my login (adj.) information today. Can you help me?

I added adjective to the text, but noun use exists.-agr (talk) 10:18, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Loging out

I was looking for actually logging out!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rasberry15 (talk • contribs) 22:49, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

🤪 Kinsey-King (talk) 13:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Verb form

The article currently suggests that the verb form of "login" is always "log in". While I certainly see the logic, popular usage doesn't seem to mirror this assertion.

Compare "Please login" (59 million results) with "Please log in" (20 million results). Of course, searches of "login to" and "log in to" show popular usage favoring "log in".

In the end, it looks like both verb forms, "login" and "log in" are popular. As such, I've added a request for citation in the article body, simply that the article can demonstrate conclusively that "login" as a verb, while extremely popular, is definitely wrong (if it in fact is). Merreborn (talk) 01:40, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

There's a good explanation here. Don't know whether or not it qualifies as citable but I was convinced. WombatDeath (talk) 18:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

5 sections only?

This article has only 5 sections. Expand this, if so.--99 time 14:45, 9 October 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rockers99 (talk • contribs)

Exploitation or Vulnerabilities

There should be some explanation or trying to pointing towards a section on the exploitations and vulnerabilities of login structures? Seems to be a big miss. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.183.188 (talk) 18:58, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

"Login" as a verb

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/login indicates that "login" can be used as a verb (e.g. "Login with your new password.") but also states "Many who are neither professionals in the computer field nor amateur tech enthusiasts decry the use of the solid form LOGIN as a verb, and with reason. It doesn’t behave like a normal verb. You cannot say you have loginned, and you are never in the process of loginning." Is this a case of so many people using the word incorrectly that it is now acceptable usage? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 14:02, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

This page has issues

Just reading this page, the quality of this page is poor. I'm going to spend some time fixing it when I get a chance. --Rockstonetalk to me! 02:05, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

I wonder wherefrom the definition comes

I wonder wherefrom the definition comes. Both OED and Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English define login as a procedure of logging in, not as credentials being produced during the procedure.

I have heard some people referring to username (but never to both username and password) as "login" but I believed it to be just a slang usage. Maksim Otstavnov (talk) 12:29, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Login counter

How many sites have a feature which allow the user to check how many times the user has logged on to the site? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.221.161.144 (talk) 22:12, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Automatic login

Does anyone have more information about using a pc without login (no password asked upon starting the pc). Wikispaghetti (talk) 15:43, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Nice idea. Okafor Agholor Augustine (talk) 05:30, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 11 September 2018

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I want to edit a page. Jeslin sumitha (talk) 10:11, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

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Change the exclamation point to a period SCrowe24 (talk) 15:17, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

 Not done. Searching the article text, there are no exclamation points. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 15:30, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Etymology

Fernando Corbató wrote the first password authentication for CTSS and chose "LOGIN" as the command. I suspect that choice reflected his having served in the Navy.

References

1. https://www.wired.com/2012/01/computer-password/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/Compatible_Time-Sharing_System

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No edit requested, closing. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:54, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

where to get help

here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankita s.pandey (talk • contribs) 14:32, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

You can get help at The Teahouse. —Bruce1ee 14:47, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

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How will this help you? SafetyTrack1 (talk) 15:05, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

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Charly champion

Charly champion Charlychamp (talk) 23:16, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

@Charlychamp: Hi there! Did you have a suggestion to improve the Login article? GoingBatty (talk) 00:56, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

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gurjar rajasthan Raghuveergurjarbidudee (talk) 04:23, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

@Raghuveergurjarbidudee: Hi there! Did you have a suggestion to improve the Login article? GoingBatty (talk) 04:32, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2024

Dr Raphael Muli Wambua is the Head of the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. He is a Senior Lecturer and has been a coordinator of the School of Engineering and Technology in South Eastern Kenya University, Kenya. Previously Dr Raphael M. Wambua has been the Chairman of Department of Agricultural Engineering and also served as the Dean School/Faculty of Engineering and Technology at Egerton University. He has been teaching various courses including Engineering Research Methods to both postgraduate and undergraduate students for many years. He has undertaken numerous research topics and authored numerous publications in different journals in aspects of agricultural engineering and also in books. Raphael is a member of various professional organizations such as Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK), Institutions of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) and member of Kenya Society of Environmental, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineers (KeSEBAE).

Education Dr. Raphael M. Wambua is an alumnus of Tala High School where he studied for his KCSE between 1992 and 1995. Thereafter he proceeded to the Egerton University where he studied for Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering between 1998 and 2004. He further proceeded to study for an Master of Science Degree in Agricultural Engineering from 2004 to 2008 the same university. In 2012, he was awarded Partial Scholarship to study at the JKUAT for his PhD. Soon after the award he was awarded full scholarship to study for his PhD at Egerton University which which made him to take up the latter offer instead of the former.

Career Dr. Raphael M. Wambua Prof. Kiamba joined Egerton University in 2006 as a part time demonstrator in the department of Agricultural Engineering. Between 2008 and 2009 he was teaching at the university as part time lecturer. In 2009 he was employed as Assistant Lecturer at then South Eastern University College (SEUCO); a constituent University of Nairobi that became fully pledged and awarded charter in August 2013 as South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU). In 2013 Dr. Raphael M. Wambua moved to Egerton University where he served up to 2022 growing to Senior Lecturer level after which he went back to South Eastern Kenya University where he is currently heading the department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raphaelmuli1 (talk • contribs) 08:32, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

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