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To do this, just click on <code>Create account</code> in the upper right corner (alternatively, you can click on <code>Log in</code> and then <code>Join RationalWiki</code>). </p><p>You will be asked to provide a <b>username</b> and a <b>password</b>. Note that <b>you can retain your anonymity</b>, since providing an <i>email address</i> and a <i>real name</i> is <b>optional</b> and therefore can be skipped, if you wish to remain anonymous. There is a check (<i>CAPTCHA</i>) to eliminate automated spam programs or "bots". </p><p>Please remember your password for future "log ons". Your username can be anything but <b>should not</b> be offensive (racist, homophobic, pornographic etc.), as such accounts will be promptly banned and/or sometimes renamed to something more pleasant (and sometimes to jokes at your expense). For technical reasons you can't pick a username over 25 characters long or containing certain special characters or words, if you receive an error message pick something else. </p> <h2><span id="Why_register?"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Why_register.3F">Why register?</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Registration&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Why register?">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><b>Ease</b>: A username is easier to remember (and more constant) than an IP address, allowing more "personal" interaction between editors.</li> <li><b>Trust</b>: Edits made by unregistered editors, or so-called "<a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:BoN" class="mw-redirect" title="RationalWiki:BoN">BoNs</a>" ("<b>B</b>unch <b>o</b>f <b>N</b>umbers"), are more likely to be viewed with suspicion by other editors; this isn't anything personal, it just <i>happens</i>.</li> <li><b>Privileges</b>: Only registered users can be given <s>a mop</s> additional privileges, such as image uploading and page deletion rights.</li> <li><b>Identity</b>: Also, if you're logging on from work or school (or from anywhere that other people have access to the machine or anywhere IPs are allocated by a central web server), you may be confused with (or impersonated by) another person who might sully your perfect reputation.</li></ul> <h2><span id="What_next?"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="What_next.3F">What next?</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Registration&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: What next?">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Once you have registered you can adjust your preferences (click <code>Preferences</code>), including your <a href="/wiki/Help:Wikisig" title="Help:Wikisig">displayed signature</a>. You can find it in <code>Preferences</code>, then <code>User profile</code> (first tab), in <code>Signature</code>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Privacy_caution">Privacy caution</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Registration&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Privacy caution">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p><b>Remember</b>: if you don't log on, your IP address will be shown on <i>any edits</i> you make. While this <i>might</i> not matter to you, it makes it possible for anyone to trace your approximate location or at least your ISP's location. </p><p>If you <i>accidentally</i> make an edit while logged out, then it is probably safest <b>not</b> to admit it after logging on, as this allows readers to match your username to your IP address. </p><p><b>Undoing/reverting it won't help either</b>, as it will remain registered in the fossil record of the page you edited. If it's very important to you that it's hidden, please contact any active <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Techs" title="RationalWiki:Techs">Tech</a> privately. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="collapsible collapsed" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:94%;line-height:25px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 0.5em; clear:both; border: 1px solid grey; text-align:left;font-size:70%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="margin:0.5em 2em;line-height:25px;background-color:#ccccff; text-align:center;font-size:150%;" colspan="6"><b><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Help:Contents">Help pages</a> for RationalWiki<br /></b> </th></tr> <tr style="line-height:5px;"> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:120%;" colspan="6"><b>Getting around</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right:2em; vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Newcomers" title="RationalWiki:Newcomers">Newcomers' Guide</a> </td> <td style="padding-right:2em; vertical-align:top;"><a href="/wiki/Help:GetAround" 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