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User data | User data | ||
Your email*: | Your email*: | ||
o Disable | o Disable email from other users | ||
Your nickname (for signatures): | Your nickname (for signatures): | ||
Change password | Change password | ||
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*'''Your | *'''Your email''': You may optionally register your email address (it will not be shown publicly on the site). This will enable you to reset your password by clicking the "Mail me a new password" box on the log in screen at the top right, if you forget it. Additionally, it will enable other registered users to send email to you from the "E-mail this user" link on your user page unless you've checked the ''disable'' box (see below). | ||
*'''Disable | *'''Disable email from other users''': If you check this, users will not be able to send you email by way of the "E-mail this user" feature. | ||
===Signature=== | ===Signature=== | ||
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You can also include font tags, images, and templates, but until version 1.4 a signature with a template can not be used more than five times on one page. Note that changes in the images and templates are retroactive, which on one hand may be confusing, but on the other hand, to rectify annoying signatures, may be convenient. To avoid retroactivity, use a new image or template name. | You can also include font tags, images, and templates, but until version 1.4 a signature with a template can not be used more than five times on one page. Note that changes in the images and templates are retroactive, which on one hand may be confusing, but on the other hand, to rectify annoying signatures, may be convenient. To avoid retroactivity, use a new image or template name. | ||
You can make a | You can make a custom signature by clicking the "Raw Signatures" box on the preferences. This will remove the <small><nowiki>[[User:Name|</nowiki></small> and the <small><nowiki>]]</nowiki></small> from your signature. Thus, you can add full links into your signature, such as: <small><nowiki>[[User:Name|Name]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk]]</nowiki></small>, without the confusion of brackets at the front and end. | ||
Note that: | Note that: | ||
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*'''Time diff'''. This is the number of hours to be added or subtracted from UTC to find your time zone. This time zone is used when calculating displayed page update timestamps, and may become temporarily incorrect from time to time if you observe daylight saving time -- don't forget to update it to match ''your'' local time, because the | *'''Time diff'''. This is the number of hours to be added or subtracted from UTC to find your time zone. This time zone is used when calculating displayed page update timestamps, and may become temporarily incorrect from time to time if you observe daylight saving time -- don't forget to update it to match ''your'' local time, because the wiki doesn't know where you are or precisely when you celebrate DST. (Also, the server's clock may be slightly offset from reality, much as Wikipedia articles may be.) A scattering of typical (and possibly incorrect!) time diff values are below. If yours isn't listed, try [http://www.timeanddate.com/time/abbreviations.html this link] or add and subtract a few hours as needed. | ||
** -10 (DST -9) Hawaii and western Aleutian Islands. (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time) | ** -10 (DST -9) Hawaii and western Aleutian Islands. (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time) | ||
** -9 (DST -8) All of Alaska, except for western Aleutian Islands. (Alaska Standard Time) | ** -9 (DST -8) All of Alaska, except for western Aleutian Islands. (Alaska Standard Time) | ||
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Preferences Wikimedia Help] | *[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Preferences Wikimedia Help] | ||
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