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Username policy. Vandalism. v. t. e. This policy describes what kinds of usernames are acceptable on the English Wikipedia and how unacceptable or doubtful usernames can be dealt with. It also specifies that a user account should be used only by one person, and that in most cases one person should use only one account.
e. User pages are pages for organizing the work users do on Wikipedia, as well as speaking to other users. User pages are mainly for interpersonal discussion, notices, testing and drafts (see: Sandboxes), and, if desired, limited autobiographical and personal content. Pages in the User and User talk namespaces are considered to be user pages.
Changing username/Guidelines. This page consists of guidelines as to how global renamers approach requests at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple and at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. Renames are a matter of discretion and renamers may depart from the guidelines where there is good reason to do so.
e. Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal of creating a free, reliable encyclopedia. There is no need to read any policy or guideline pages to start editing.
A user's access level depends on which rights (also called permissions, user groups, bits, or flags) are assigned to accounts. There are two types of access leveling: automatic and requested. User access levels are determined by whether the Wikipedian is logged in, the account's age and edit count, and what manually assigned rights the account ...
Welcome to the user page design guide. In this multi-page guide, you will find advice on how to develop your user page, and resources that you can copy and paste to make it easier. Eventually, many Wikipedians turn their attention to their user pages. A nice user page can create a stronger tie between a user and the community, but it can be a ...
There are three ways to sign your posts manually: At the end of your comments simply type four tildes (~), like this: ~~~~. If you are using the edit toolbar option (by default, it appears above the edit box), click the signature icon [ Note 1] to add two hyphens and four tildes like this: --~~~~.
This will give you a bit of background on Wikipedia editing culture, useful advice on choosing a username, as well as show you how to create an account. Review Wikipedia's guidelines, policies, and standard practices. Wikipedia differs from traditional publishers in that the majority of decisions made on the site are community-moderated and ...