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Appropedia allows anyone to view and edit articles and other pages. Registering allows you to create your own login ID (your real name or other distinctive ID) and provides several benefits to you and to the community. | Appropedia allows anyone to view and edit articles and other pages. Registering allows you to create your own login ID (your real name or other distinctive ID) and provides several benefits to you and to the community. | ||
*You and others will be able to easily see which page changes were made by you, and which were made by others | *You and others will be able to easily see which page changes were made by you, and which were made by others | ||
* | *Creating a login will enable you to create a user page with information you want to share. Contact information or background experience, blog links, etc. | ||
*On your user page, you | *On your user page, you have more flexibility with respect to the "neutral point of view" guidelines of Appropedia. That is, you can express opinions or make endorsements that might be out of place in an article. | ||
*Others can communicate with you by leaving messages on your "User talk" page. This is a great option if you would rather not post your email address. If you're concerned that posting your address may lead to spam, please see [[Appropedia:Posting your email address]]. | |||
*Conversations on your "User talk" page have the distinction of being relatively persistent (you can remove conversations if you wish) as well as being viewable and joinable by the larger community. | |||
*If you have "cookies" enabled on your browser when you login, you can choose "remember me", and you won't need to login each time you visit (This is true, right?). Note that the "remembering" feature will only work on computer-by-computer basis, so if you use more than one you will have to login again. | |||
Registering is quick and easy. You don't need to provide a lot of information. If you're just going to fix a single typo or ask one question, it's not so important. On the other hand, if you're dropping by regularly or plan to contribute content, we invite you to create an ID so that we can welcome you! | |||
Revision as of 15:02, 6 October 2006
Appropedia allows anyone to view and edit articles and other pages. Registering allows you to create your own login ID (your real name or other distinctive ID) and provides several benefits to you and to the community.
- You and others will be able to easily see which page changes were made by you, and which were made by others
- Creating a login will enable you to create a user page with information you want to share. Contact information or background experience, blog links, etc.
- On your user page, you have more flexibility with respect to the "neutral point of view" guidelines of Appropedia. That is, you can express opinions or make endorsements that might be out of place in an article.
- Others can communicate with you by leaving messages on your "User talk" page. This is a great option if you would rather not post your email address. If you're concerned that posting your address may lead to spam, please see Appropedia:Posting your email address.
- Conversations on your "User talk" page have the distinction of being relatively persistent (you can remove conversations if you wish) as well as being viewable and joinable by the larger community.
- If you have "cookies" enabled on your browser when you login, you can choose "remember me", and you won't need to login each time you visit (This is true, right?). Note that the "remembering" feature will only work on computer-by-computer basis, so if you use more than one you will have to login again.
Registering is quick and easy. You don't need to provide a lot of information. If you're just going to fix a single typo or ask one question, it's not so important. On the other hand, if you're dropping by regularly or plan to contribute content, we invite you to create an ID so that we can welcome you!