Difference between revisions of "How to create an account"

Revision as of 20:46, 28 February 2008

An account on AboutUs helps to identify you as a unique member of the community, as well as allows you to customize your preferences, set your watchlist, track what pages you've worked on, upload images, and more. (See Why create an account? for more information on why having an account is a good thing.)

Creating an account is easy!

At the upper-right hand corner of every page, you'll find a link that says Sign Up! - click this link.
You should get a window that looks something like this:

Step-by-step

Fill in:
- what you see in the captcha (this shows that you are a person, not a machine)
- your name
- a password
- your e-mail
check the "Remember my login" box (if you aren't on a public computer)
click Create account

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 An account on [[AboutUs]] helps to identify you as a unique member of the community, as well as allows you to customize your [[preferences]], set [[my watchlist|your watchlist]], track what pages you've worked on, upload [[ImageHelp|images]], and more. ''(See [[Why create an account?]] for more information on why having an account is a good thing.)''
-'''Creating an account is easy!'''
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-<youtube>ITS84Ya9LxI</youtube>
+[[Image:Login.png|300px|right]]
+===Creating an account is easy!===
+* At the upper-right hand corner of every page, you'll find a link that says '''Sign Up!''' - click this link.
+* You should get a window that looks something like this:
+[[Image:AboutUsLogin.png|300px]]
+===Step-by-step===
+*Fill in:
+** what you see in the [[captcha]] (this shows that you are a person, not a machine)
+** your [[RealName|name]]
+** a password
+** your e-mail
+* check the "Remember my login" box (if you aren't on a public computer)
+* click '''Create account'''