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title="Special:Contributions/Alexdivkovic75">Alexdivkovic75</a> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/User_talk:Alexdivkovic75?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="User talk:Alexdivkovic75">talk</a>) to last revision by ToadetteEdit</span> </div> <div id="mw-diff-ntitle5"> <span class="mw-tag-markers"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:Tags?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:Tags">Tags</a>: <span class="mw-tag-marker mw-tag-marker-twinkle"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wikipedia:Twinkle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wikipedia:Twinkle">Twinkle</a></span> <span class="mw-tag-marker mw-tag-marker-mw-undo"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wikipedia:Undo?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Undo">Undo</a></span> <span class="mw-tag-marker mw-tag-marker-mobile_edit">Mobile edit</span> <span 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users]], receiving [[Help:Email notification|email notifications]], and the ability to [[Help:Reset password|reset your password]]</ins>. This helps to prevent problems with bad addresses or spam. You only need to confirm email addresses to use the email system; you can log in and edit pages without confirming your address. You are not even required to enter an email address to register; it is optional. (However, [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] are expected to have a confirmed email address.) </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-context">   </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-context"> == Confirmation == </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-header"> Line 8 ⟶ 9: </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-context">   </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-context"> === How to confirm === </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-changed"> # From [[Special:Preferences|your preferences]], go to the section entitled '''User profile''', and scroll down to '''Email <ins title="Content added">options</ins>''', if desired check the box next to '''Enable email from other users'''. </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-context"> # Click the button in that section; an email will be sent to your email address with a confirmation link. If you see no link, go to [[Special:ConfirmEmail]]. If that page starts with "''Your email address was confirmed on <date>''", then you're already confirmed. </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-context"> # When you receive the email, click the link it contains to confirm that you own the email address. </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-context">   </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-context"> === Known issues === </div> <div class="mw-diff-inline-changed"> * MediaWiki does not verify that <del title="Content deleted">Email</del> <ins title="Content added">email</ins> addresses are [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html properly formatted] when they are stored in the database (see [[ <del title="Content deleted">bugzilla</del> <ins title="Content added">phab</ins>: <del title="Content deleted">959|bug 959</del> <ins title="Content added">T24449</ins>]]). 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