User:A. B./Wikipedia account set-up

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1 Editing other Wikipedias: 1-2-3

[edit] Editing other Wikipedias: 1-2-3

[edit] 1. Account creation

[edit] Find the log-in link on any page

Select the blue link in the upper right hand corner to open the account log-in page.

[edit] Open the account creation page

Select the blue link at the top right corner of this box to open the account creation page.

[edit] Create your account

Account creation screen

Add the correct character sequence to satisfy the capcha security challenge
Type in your user name
Select a password
Repeat the password
Type in your e-mail -- officially an optional step, but really a must if you're going to be working across multiple wikipedias
Click the "save login info" box
Hit the "save" button ("创建新账户" in this case)

[edit] 2. Set your interface to English

[edit] Select your user preferences tab

Select the 3rd link from the left.
(Unless it's a right→left language, in which case it's 3rd from the right)

[edit] Edit your User Profile page -- part 1

Top half of the user profile page

Select "en-English" from the upper drop-down box that now says "zh - 中文".
Ignore the lower drop-down box and other settings for now.

[edit] Edit your User Profile page -- part 2

Lower half of the user profile page

Make sure the three check boxes are checked; in order, they are:

"Remember my login on this computer"
"Enable e-mail from other users"
"Send me copies of emails I send to other users" (optional)

You can ignore the other settings for now.

When done, select the left button: "保存参数设置" ("save"). (If you hold your cursor over a buttons, you should get a tooltip. Control-S is always "save" in any wikipedia.)