App Store organisation is "Wikimedia CH" about apple

[kelson42]

@Popolechien Can you please make a wrap-up of the situation here?

[rgaudin]

I believe it can not be done directly because it entails validation but might be possible by contacting Apple

[Popolechien]

So Kiwix as an org name has been taken by us a while back but that's when they had this weird 2FA with personal questions (e.g. Where did your parents meet, etc.) and we can not get back in / usurp that account. For all intent and purpose and as long as Apple does not decree that unused accounts older than X years old will be deleted, there is no way for us to try and recreate a Kiwix account with our regular address [email protected].

Alternative options:

• Initiate an App Transfer to another org (Association Kiwix or some such, hoping that the name proximity is not a deal breaker). I suspect we would lose any history of the app's use.
• Rename the Wikimedia CH account to Association Kiwix. I contacted Apple and they need "business or court documentation that confirms the organization's name change from Wikimedia CH to Kiwix". We do not have business or court doc as the handover was a mere handshake, but I guess we can still put an MoU into writing and get WMCH to sign it. How will Apple respond to that, however, is anyone's guess.

I'll try option 2 first and should hopefully get WMCH to sign when I meet with them in January.

[kelson42]

@Popolechien How do we connect as an organisation?