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Let's try having you create an account for yourself on Wikipedia! The easiest and fastest way to start using an account to edit Wikipedia is to simply create one for yourself! There are no requests to file, there's no waiting in line, and the account you create is instant and ready for you to use right away!
In Wikipedia, a new account is a registered user which has too few contributions to obtain a definite reputation, or is registered too recently for it. The opposite qualifier is an established user but there is some gap between these two extremities: an account which just ceased to be a new one does not immediately become an established user.
Being unable to create an account for yourself is typically due to: Having trouble or being unable to see or complete the required CAPTCHA image verification step.; Choosing a username that is too similar to an existing username (in these cases, an account creator can approve the creation of similar usernames if certain criteria are met).
If you click edit on any existing page or page section and then change the title of the page shown in the URL of your browser's address bar to the name of a non-existent page, and then hit return/enter, the resulting page shown will be the same as if you clicked on a red link, allowing you to create a page by the title entered. For example ...
If you are unable to view captchas, you can request for an account to be created for you at Wikipedia:Request an account. You may also be unable to create an account if it contains certain symbols (particularly the '@' symbol, as well as certain non-Latin characters) or words, or if it is too similar to that of an existing user.
You can edit Wikipedia articles to your heart's content—for the rest of your life even—without ever registering with Wikipedia. But the sooner you register (that is, get a user name), the sooner you'll have the benefits of a user account—like being able to create entirely new articles and to monitor changes to articles.
Once the ACC request has been positively tied to the VRT ticket, perform all other standard checks, and if everything looks good, create the account. If you create the account successfully and are a VRT user too, add the {{Verified account}} template to the top of the new user's talk page, including the VRT ticket number tied to the ACC request.