Help:Account Maintenance
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| + | == Your User Page == | ||
| + | This page can be used to identify yourself at WikiPathways. It is linked to automatically where ever your name is used on the site to indicate authorship or a saved change. You are welcome to customize it however you like with text and links. We have prepared a template you can use to get started. | ||
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| + | To reset your user page with the template all you have to do is: | ||
| + | # Go to your user page, click ''Edit'' | ||
| + | # Type '''<nowiki>{{subst:Template:UserPage | YourUserName}}</nowiki>''', where "YourUserName" is your user name e.g., JohnSmith | ||
| + | # Click ''Save'' | ||
| + | # Now click ''Edit'' to fill-in the template with your information | ||
| + | # Feel free to delete or add new sections... It's your page! | ||
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| + | == Your Talk Page == | ||
| + | This page can be used to communicate with other curators and users of WikiPathways within the same wiki interface. This makes it easy to reference pathways in discussions with colleagues with whom you might not be in email contact. You are welcome to use this page (or not) how ever you like. We have prepared a template you can use to get started. | ||
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| + | To reset your user page with the template all you have to do is: | ||
| + | # Go to your user talk page, click ''Edit'' | ||
| + | # Type '''<nowiki>{{subst:Template:TalkPage | YourUserName}}</nowiki>''', where "YourUserName" is your user name e.g., JohnSmith | ||
| + | # Click ''Save'' | ||
| + | # Other users can edit and add comments to this page so make sure it's on your [[Help:Watching_Pathways|watchlist]] | ||
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| + | == Account Preferences == | ||
For details on how to manage your WikiPathways account, refer to the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Preferences MediaWiki Help]. | For details on how to manage your WikiPathways account, refer to the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Preferences MediaWiki Help]. | ||
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Revision as of 22:02, 24 April 2008
Your User Page
This page can be used to identify yourself at WikiPathways. It is linked to automatically where ever your name is used on the site to indicate authorship or a saved change. You are welcome to customize it however you like with text and links. We have prepared a template you can use to get started.
To reset your user page with the template all you have to do is:
- Go to your user page, click Edit
- Type {{subst:Template:UserPage | YourUserName}}, where "YourUserName" is your user name e.g., JohnSmith
- Click Save
- Now click Edit to fill-in the template with your information
- Feel free to delete or add new sections... It's your page!
Your Talk Page
This page can be used to communicate with other curators and users of WikiPathways within the same wiki interface. This makes it easy to reference pathways in discussions with colleagues with whom you might not be in email contact. You are welcome to use this page (or not) how ever you like. We have prepared a template you can use to get started.
To reset your user page with the template all you have to do is:
- Go to your user talk page, click Edit
- Type {{subst:Template:TalkPage | YourUserName}}, where "YourUserName" is your user name e.g., JohnSmith
- Click Save
- Other users can edit and add comments to this page so make sure it's on your watchlist
Account Preferences
For details on how to manage your WikiPathways account, refer to the MediaWiki Help.
