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 5. Congratulations! you now have a Wiki account. Write your username and password down somewhere safe so you don’t forget it. You will now be directed to the below screen. You will notice the following new links available at the top right corner of your screen:
 * Your username–links to your personal user page
 * My Preferences–allows you to customise your personal settings for using Wikipedia.
 * My Watchlist–allows you to bookmark pages you wish to edit or contribute to.
 * My Talk–links to a page you can receive and respond to messages from other Wiki contributors.
 * My Contributions–details all the edits you have made to Wikipedia since you created your account.
 * Log Out–the log out button for when you wish to leave your Wiki account (recommended to do when

More detailed information on Creating an Account can be found through Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Logging_in#Creating_an_account.

1.2–Creating your User Page

One of the first things you may wish to do is create your own user page. You can add as much or as little information as you wish–generally it is recommended that you do not include personal information, but you might consider adding some general information about yourself.

1. Click on your Wiki username link on the top right corner of your screen.

2. Click on Start the User: link. Wikipedia Training Manual