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{{Shortcut|P:ACCOUNT|P:WHYJOIN}} '''[[Special:CreateAccount|Creating an account]] is quick and completely free'''. You don't need to be registered to contribute, but getting an account allows you to: * Have a username associated with your edits, so you can take credit and be identified easily. * Create your own [[wikipedia:User pages|user page]], to collaborate, share information about yourself, or just practice editing and publishing in your own sandbox. * Communicate with other editors via your own [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Talk pages|talk page]]. * Get automatic [[mediawikiwiki:Extenstion:Echo|notifications]] that alert you when someone undo's your edits, talks at your talk page, etc. * [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Preferences|Use custom preferences]] to change the look and behavior of the website. * Be able to be assigned [[Project:Tools|permissions]] which will allow you to contribute to the project in different ways. Once your account exists for '''3 days''' and '''you edit 10 times''', you'll unlock: * Editing pages which have been protected from editing by new accounts or IP addresses. * Creating and moving pages. * Uploading files. * Use of 2-factor authentication for increased account security. == Anonymity == If you choose to edit ''without'' an account, which is a perfectly valid form of editing, one of the downsides is that your IP address is used in lieu of a username to identify the edit. This means your IP address is available to the public, as page history can be viewed by anyone. This is necessary for attribution per the relevant [[Project:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License|Creative Commons license]]. Should you decide to edit without an account at first, and then make one, a [[P:SUPPRESSOR|suppressor]] could be asked to hide your IP address from public logs and history. [[Category:Editing help]] == Blocked? == An [[P:ADMIN|administrator]] may have to block an IP address or IP range in order to combat disruptive editing or vandalism. This may also block ''you'' despite the fact you did nothing wrong. Possessing an account circumvents this issue. == Attribution == ''The following is unrelated to the content described on this page. It serves as the attribution of content to be in line with this site's polices and legal requirements.'' {{Text attribution|source=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account|rationale=wikipedia|modified=yes}}
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