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==User data==
==User profile==
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User data
User data
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Retype new password:  
Retype new password:  
o Remember password across sessions  
o Remember password across sessions  
* Real name (optional): if you choose to provide it this will be used
for giving you attribution for your work.
* Email (optional): Enables people to contact you through the website
* Email (optional): Enables people to contact you through the website
without you having to reveal your email address to them, and it can be
without you having to reveal your email address to them, and it can be
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*'''Disable e-mail from other users''': If you check this, users will not be able to send you e-mail by way of the "E-mail this user" feature.
*'''Disable e-mail from other users''': If you check this, users will not be able to send you e-mail by way of the "E-mail this user" feature.


===Your nickname===
===Signature===
Although your username is not necessarily your real name and could therefore be called a nickname, the term "nickname" is used here for a name you may optionally specify, different from your username, for when you enter your signature with <code><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>. However, there is even more versatility. The software enters <small>'''<code><nowiki>[[User:Name|</nowiki></code>'''</small> in front and <small>'''<code><nowiki>]]</nowiki></code>'''</small> in the back of your signature. So entering <small>'''<code><nowiki>]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk</nowiki></code>'''</small> as your signature will also include a link to your talk page.
Although your username is not necessarily your real name and could therefore be called a nickname, the term "nickname" is used here for a name you may optionally specify, different from your username, for when you enter your signature with <code><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>. However, there is even more versatility. The software enters <small>'''<code><nowiki>[[User:Name|</nowiki></code>'''</small> in front and <small>'''<code><nowiki>]]</nowiki></code>'''</small> in the back of your signature. So entering <small>'''<code><nowiki>]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk</nowiki></code>'''</small> as your signature will also include a link to your talk page.


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If you want to use ''remember my password'' you have to change your password if it was generated by Mediawiki and emailed to you. This is a security feature but very often causes trouble for new users.
If you want to use ''remember my password'' you have to change your password if it was generated by Mediawiki and emailed to you. This is a security feature but very often causes trouble for new users.


==QuickBar settings==
==Appearance==
This selection only works in the Classic and Cologne Blue skins (see below). In Monobook there is a left panel anyway; in Nostalgia there is none.
===Skin===
 
This is the list of links to the various special pages. You may optionally have it appear at the right or left side of each page. There's no option yet to have it appear at the top or bottom of the page.
 
The "fixed" quickbar will appear at the top corner of the page, while the "floating" quickbar will appear at the top corner of the browser window instead of scrolling with the article text. Floating quickbars may not float correctly on old or mobile browsers.
 
The QuickBar must be enabled to allow you access to some features such as moving (renaming) a page, and in the case of Classic, also to arrive at the Special Pages, unless you type the URL.
 
==Skin==
'''Skin'''<br>
'''Skin'''<br>
O Classic<br>
O Nostalgia<br>
O Cologne Blue<br>
O MonoBook<br>
O MonoBook<br>
O MySkin
O Vector


LocalSettings
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A MediaWiki skin is a style of page display. There are differences in the HTML code the system produces (but probably not in the page body), and also different style sheets are used.
A MediaWiki skin is a style of page display. There are differences in the HTML code the system produces (but probably not in the page body), and also different style sheets are used. The default is the Monobook skin.


The default is the new Monobook skin; what was called Standard is here in the preferences called Classic (not to be confused with the even older Nostalgia), but the system uses "wikistandard" in the naming of css files.
===Date format===
 
Links at the edges of the page are in different positions. Some links are not present in every skin. In Nostalgia some links are in a drop-down menu instead of directly visible.
 
Cologne Blue has a fixed font size unless one specifies in the browser "ignore font sizes specified in the webpage"; even then the line height is fixed; therefore this skin is hardly suitable for a large font.
 
In Monobook the width of the panel on the left is dependent on the font size. Therefore, with a large font, the width of the main part of the page is smaller than with other skins.
 
For Classic with a quickbar and a large font a CSS setting to reduce the size of the quickbar text may be necessary. This depends on the project, specifically on the length of the longest word in the quickbar. If that does not fit in the designated width, there are complications depending on the browser. In Internet Explorer the quickbar overlaps the main text and a vertical line which is intended to separate the two, crosses the main text. In some other browsers the problem does not arise if the quickbar is on the right.
Local settings is going though problems and needs administrator attention.
 
Since there is word wrapping but no wrapping within a word, the longest word and not the longest full label is the criterion:
 
*"contributions" - English and French Wikipedia and Meta - short, large font is possible
*"Beobachtungsliste" - German Wikipedia - long - large font is hardly useable
*"Foutenrapportage" - Dutch Wikipedia - ditto
*"Gebruikersbydraes" - Afrikaans - ditto
 
To use the full width of the screen for the main text, use Classic without quickbar or Nostalgia. The drawback is that links are missing to the special pages and your user page, respectively.
 
==Rendering math==
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Rendering math
o Always render PNG
o HTML if very simple or else PNG
o HTML if possible or else PNG
o Leave it as TeX (for text browsers)
o Recommended for modern browsers
o MathML if possible (experimental)
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MediaWiki allows you to enter mathematical equations as well. These options let you control how that code is rendered into PNG images.
*'''Always render PNG''': Always make a PNG image from the TeX code.
*'''HTML if very simple or else PNG''': If the TeX code is very simple, like "x = 3", render it as HTML. For more complex code, render as PNG.
*'''HTML if possible or else PNG''': This option tries really hard to use HTML, but if it's too complicated, then it renders it as PNG.
*'''Leave it as TeX''': Don't convert the TeX code, just show it. This is primarily for text-based browsers like Lynx.
*'''Recommended for modern browsers'''. If you use a web browser that was released in the past year or so, use this option.
*'''MathML if possible (experimental)'''
 
==Date format==
The following is rendered depending on preferences:
The following is rendered depending on preferences:


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*January 15
*January 15
*15 January
*15 January


By default the rendering is as usual for links. However one can specify as preference that all of the first five are rendered the same, in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th way. If the 4th or 5th way is selected, the 6th and 7th line are not affected.
By default the rendering is as usual for links. However one can specify as preference that all of the first five are rendered the same, in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th way. If the 4th or 5th way is selected, the 6th and 7th line are not affected.
If the 2nd or 3rd way is selected, the 6th and 7th line are rendered accordingly, without the year.
If the 2nd or 3rd way is selected, the 6th and 7th line are rendered accordingly, without the year.


==Editing==
===Time offset===
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Editing
Rows:          Columns: 
o Edit box has full width
o Show edit toolbar
o Show preview before edit box and not after it
o Add pages you edit to your watchlist
o Mark all edits minor by default
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*'''Rows''', '''Columns'''. Here you can set up your preferred dimensions for the textbox used for editing page text.
*'''Edit box has full width'''. If this box is checked, the edit box (when you click "Edit this page") will be the width of the browser window, minus the quickbar width.
*'''Show edit toolbar'''. In compatible browsers, a toolbar with editing buttons can be displayed.
*'''Show preview before edit box and not after it'''. If you select this option, the preview will be displayed above the exit box when you click the "Show preview" button while editing a page.
*'''Add pages you edit to your watchlist'''. If this option is selected, any articles that you create or modify will be automatically added to your watchlist.
*'''Mark all edits minor by default'''. This option automatically selects the "This is a minor edit" checkbox when you edit pages.
 
==Time zone==
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Time zone
Time zone
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Keep this in mind when copying an excerpt from Recent Changes, a revision history listing, etc. to a Talk page. Convert manually to UTC or temporarily set the preferences to a zero offset before producing the revision history  etc. to be copied.
Keep this in mind when copying an excerpt from Recent Changes, a revision history listing, etc. to a Talk page. Convert manually to UTC or temporarily set the preferences to a zero offset before producing the revision history  etc. to be copied.


==Recent changes and stub display==
==Editing==
<pre>
Editing
Rows:          Columns: 
o Edit box has full width
o Show edit toolbar
o Show preview before edit box and not after it
o Add pages you edit to your watchlist
o Mark all edits minor by default
</pre>
 
*'''Rows''', '''Columns'''. Here you can set up your preferred dimensions for the textbox used for editing page text.
*'''Edit box has full width'''. If this box is checked, the edit box (when you click "Edit this page") will be the width of the browser window, minus the quickbar width.
*'''Show edit toolbar'''. In compatible browsers, a toolbar with editing buttons can be displayed.
*'''Show preview before edit box and not after it'''. If you select this option, the preview will be displayed above the exit box when you click the "Show preview" button while editing a page.
*'''Add pages you edit to your watchlist'''. If this option is selected, any articles that you create or modify will be automatically added to your watchlist.
*'''Mark all edits minor by default'''. This option automatically selects the "This is a minor edit" checkbox when you edit pages.
 
==Recent changes==
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<pre>
Number of titles in recent changes:  
Number of titles in recent changes:  
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*'''Threshold for stub display''': see Stub feature.
*'''Threshold for stub display''': see Stub feature.


==Search result settings==
==Watchlist==
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Your watchlist allows you to easily keep track of changes made to certain pages on the wiki.
Hits to show per page:  
 
Lines to show per hit:
===Display options===
Characters of context per line:
;Days to show in watchlist: The number of days' worth of changes to show in your watchlist.
Search in these namespaces by default:(Main) Talk User User talk Meta
 
Meta talk Image Image talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template
;Maximum number of changes to show in expanded watchlist: This controls how many recent changes to show for each watched article when "Expand watchlist" is switched on under "Advanced options".
talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Hilfe Hilfe Diskussion Aide
 
Discussion Aide Hjælp Hjælp diskussion Helpo Helpa diskuto Hjälp Hjälp
===Advanced options===
diskussion Ayuda Ayuda Discusión Aiuto Discussioni aiuto ヘルプ ヘルプ�?ノート
;Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent: This option will expand the watchlist to include all changes made to an article within the time-frame of your watchlist, up to a maximum number (as set in "Display options"). Normally, only the most recent modification is shown.
NL Help Overleg help Pomoc Dyskusja pomocy Ajuda Aju
 
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;Hide minor edits from the watchlist
*'''Hits to show per page''': You may choose the number of results returned on each page of search results.
;Hide bot edits from the watchlist
*'''Lines to show per hit''' is somewhat cryptic; specifying a number n means: "do not show any context if the search term occurs beyond line n in the page"; here a paragraph, as well as the blank line between two paragrahs, each count as one "line"; line breaks in the source, even when not affecting the lay-out of the page (and even when not directly visible in the edit box of the article), affect the line count. Setting the parameter to 5000 or more gives context for every occurrence.
;Hide my edits from the watchlist
*'''Characters of context per line''': the number of characters of context per occurrence; however, the context is anyway restricted to the "line" (see above) it occurs in. To get the whole line, put a large number like 5000.
;Hide edits by anonymous users from the watchlist
*'''Search in these namespaces by default''':shows a list of all namespaces (not the same in all projects; also a useful indicator what MediaWiki version is used), allowing one to select which ones are searched by default; see also Namespaces searched.
;Hide edits by logged in users from the watchlist: Use these options to filter out unwanted revisions from the watchlist.
 
;Hide patrolled edits from the watchlist: Use this option to filter out patrolled edits (edits made by administrators and so forth). This is particularly useful when monitoring vandalism, as patrolled edits can only be made by trusted users.
 
;Add pages and files I edit to my watchlist
;Add pages and files I move to my watchlist
;Add pages I create and files I upload to my watchlist
;Add pages and files I delete to my watchlist: Automatically select the check box to "Watch this page" when performing any of these actions. You can de-select the check box on a page if you do not wish to watch that particular page. The final option is only available to users that have the ability to delete pages, such as administrators.
 
===Token===
;Watchlist token: This token is used to generate a RSS feed from your watchlist. Anyone who knows this token can use it to access your watchlist. If the token is discovered by someone else, you can use the "Click here if you need to reset it" link to create a new token. Once you have done this, you will need to edit the URL of your feed subscription in your feed reader to account for the new token.
 
==Gadgets==
Additional settings that have been added to the wiki:


==Misc settings==
;Require confirmation before performing rollback on mobile: Must have the rollback right to be eligible
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;Reference Tooltips: Roll over any inline citation to see reference information, instead of having to jump away from the article text.
Show hoverbox over wiki links
Underline links
Format broken links like this (alternative: like this?).
Justify paragraphs
Auto-number headings
Edit pages on double click (JavaScript)
Enable section editing via [edit] links
Enable section editing by right clicking
on section titles (JavaScript)
Show table of contents
(for pages with more than 3 headings)
Disable page caching
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*'''Show hoverbox over wiki links'''. This option determines whether a link title is put in the HTML code. The result depends on the browser: putting the mouse pointer over a link often displays this title in a hover box. However, some browsers show the URL anyway, so a link title may be superfluous. If enabled, the link title is the page name in the case of an internal link, the page name with prefix in the case of an interwiki link,  and the URL in the case of an external link.
*'''Underline links'''. Normally, link text will be underlined. Optionally, you may request that links not be underlined, although your browser may not respect this setting. Normally links that are not underlined can still be recognized by color. However, one can then not distinguish between two consecutive words being a single link or two links, without pointing at the words with the cursor.
*'''Format broken links <font color="CC2200"><u>like this</u></font>'''. An internal link to a non-existing pages is automatically a link to the edit page. By default the link label of <nowiki>[[b]]</nowiki> and <nowiki>[[a|b]]</nowiki> is "b", just like for links to existing pages. Alternatively the link label is a question mark inserted after "b", like this: The weather in Paris[[The weather in Paris|?]]. The appearance of the link is further determined by the style specified for css selectors "a.new" and "a.new:hover" (the example on the preferences page wrongly uses class="internal" for the question mark).  Internal links to pages which do not yet exist currently appear on your browser like this: [[the weather in Paris]]. Normally, this is underlined and in red. With the trailing question mark link one can then not distinguish between a single word being linked or a phrase of more than one word, without pointing at the question mark with the cursor. Also, remember that the question mark does not mean that the information is uncertain.
*'''Justify paragraphs'''. If set, article paragraphs will be formatted to avoid jagged line endings. If unset, the paragraphs will be formatted as-is.
*'''Auto-number headings'''. This adds hierarchical outline-style numbering to headers in articles.
*'''Edit pages on double click'''. If this box is checked, you can double-click on a page to edit it. This option requires Javascript to be enabled in your browser.
*'''Enable section editing via [edit] links'''
*'''Enable section editing by right clicking on section titles (JavaScript)'''
*'''Show table of contents (for articles with more than 3 headings)'''
* '''Disable page caching'''. This turns off page caching. This is useful if you're experiencing problems of seeing outdated versions of pages, but this comes at a cost of longer loading times.


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Preferences Wikimedia Help]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Preferences Wikimedia Help]
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