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Available in 71 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-71" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">71 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Waarom_%27n_rekening_skep%3F" title="Wikipedia:Waarom 'n rekening skep? – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Wikipedia:Waarom 'n rekening skep?" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilfe:Benutzerkonto_anlegen" title="Hilfe:Benutzerkonto anlegen – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Hilfe:Benutzerkonto anlegen" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7_%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%9F" title="ويكيبيديا:لماذا إنشاء حساب؟ – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:لماذا إنشاء حساب؟" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:N%C9%99_%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCn_qeydiyyatdan_ke%C3%A7m%C9%99liy%C9%99m%3F" title="Vikipediya:Nə üçün qeydiyyatdan keçməliyəm? – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Nə üçün qeydiyyatdan keçməliyəm?" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%9F" title="ویکی‌پدیا:نه اوچون ایشلدن حسابی یارادیم؟ – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:نه اوچون ایشلدن حسابی یارادیم؟" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%3F" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:কেন অ্যাকাউন্ট তৈরি করবেন? – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:কেন অ্যাকাউন্ট তৈরি করবেন?" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D3%99%D0%BB%D0%B5%D2%AF" title="Википедия:Теркәлеү – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Википедия:Теркәлеү" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%3F" title="Вікіпэдыя:Навошта патрэбная рэгістрацыя? – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вікіпэдыя:Навошта патрэбная рэгістрацыя?" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%B5_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%3F" title="Уикипедия:Защо да се регистрираме? – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Защо да се регистрираме?" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Za%C5%A1to_postati_korisnik" title="Wikipedia:Zašto postati korisnik – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikipedia:Zašto postati korisnik" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hj%C3%A6lp:Hvorfor_oprette_en_konto%3F" title="Hjælp:Hvorfor oprette en konto? – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hjælp:Hvorfor oprette en konto?" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilfe:Benutzerkonto_anlegen" title="Hilfe:Benutzerkonto anlegen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hilfe:Benutzerkonto anlegen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%A0%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%8D" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πλεονεκτήματα λογαριασμού – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πλεονεκτήματα λογαριασμού" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayuda:%C2%BFPor_qu%C3%A9_crear_una_cuenta%3F" title="Ayuda:¿Por qué crear una cuenta? – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ayuda:¿Por qué crear una cuenta?" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lankideak" title="Wikipedia:Lankideak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Wikipedia:Lankideak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%DA%86%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%9F" title="ویکی‌پدیا:چرا حساب بسازیم؟ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:چرا حساب بسازیم؟" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide:Compte_utilisateur" title="Aide:Compte utilisateur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aide:Compte utilisateur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedy:W%C3%AArom_oanmelde%3F" title="Wikipedy:Wêrom oanmelde? – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Wikipedy:Wêrom oanmelde?" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE:%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%87_%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%AD%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF_%E0%AA%B6%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%87_%E0%AA%A5%E0%AA%B5%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%82_%E0%AA%9C%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%87%E0%AA%8F%3F" title="વિકિપીડિયા:મારે સભ્ય શા માટે થવું જોઇએ? – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વિકિપીડિયા:મારે સભ્ય શા માટે થવું જોઇએ?" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EA%B3%84%EC%A0%95%EC%9D%84_%EB%A7%8C%EB%93%9C%EB%8A%94_%EA%B2%83%EC%9D%B4_%EC%A2%8B%EC%9D%80_%EC%9D%B4%EC%9C%A0" title="위키백과:계정을 만드는 것이 좋은 이유 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:계정을 만드는 것이 좋은 이유" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D4%B3%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" title="Վիքիպեդիա:Գրանցում – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիա:Գրանցում" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%81%3F" title="विकिपीडिया:खाता क्यों बनाएँ? – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:खाता क्यों बनाएँ?" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Za%C5%A1to_postati_suradnik%3F" title="Wikipedija:Zašto postati suradnik? – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Zašto postati suradnik?" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Apay_nga_agaramid_ti_pakabilangan%3F" title="Wikipedia:Apay nga agaramid ti pakabilangan? – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Wikipedia:Apay nga agaramid ti pakabilangan?" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Keuntungan_memiliki_akun" title="Wikipedia:Keuntungan memiliki akun – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Keuntungan memiliki akun" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%97%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9F%3F" title="ויקיפדיה:למה ליצור חשבון? – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:למה ליצור חשבון?" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Kaluwihan_duw%C3%A9_akun" title="Wikipédia:Kaluwihan duwé akun – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Wikipédia:Kaluwihan duwé akun" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%8F%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%86_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%81%3F" title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಏಕೆ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾಗಿ ನೊಂದಾಯಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು? – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಏಕೆ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾಗಿ ನೊಂದಾಯಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು?" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%90%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%96%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%96%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7:%DA%A9%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%81%D9%95_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%90_%DA%86%DA%BE%D9%8F_%D8%A8%D9%8E%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8F%D9%86%D8%9F" title="وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:کھاتہٕ کیازِ چھُ بَناوُن؟ – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:کھاتہٕ کیازِ چھُ بَناوُن؟" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A2%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%83" title="Уикипедия:Тіркелу – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уикипедия:Тіркелу" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%88d:Kont_itilizat%C3%A8" title="Èd:Kont itilizatè – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Èd:Kont itilizatè" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%AEk%C3%AEpediya:T%C3%AAketin" title="Wîkîpediya:Têketin – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Wîkîpediya:Têketin" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%83" title="Википедия:Катталуу – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Википедия:Катталуу" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikip%C4%93dija:K%C4%81p%C4%93c_re%C4%A3istr%C4%93ties%3F" title="Vikipēdija:Kāpēc reģistrēties? – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vikipēdija:Kāpēc reģistrēties?" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%ABllef:Umellen" title="Hëllef:Umellen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Hëllef:Umellen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Anon" title="Wikipédia:Anon – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikipédia:Anon" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mnw mw-list-item"><a href="https://mnw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%B3%E1%80%80%E1%80%B3%E1%80%95%E1%80%B3%E1%80%92%E1%80%B3%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC:%E1%80%8A%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BD%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%82%E1%80%99%E1%81%A0%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%81%9A%E1%80%BA" title="ဝဳကဳပဳဒဳယာ:ညးလွပ်ဂမၠိုၚ် – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="ဝဳကဳပဳဒဳယာ:ညးလွပ်ဂမၠိုၚ်" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kenapa_buka_akaun%3F" title="Wikipedia:Kenapa buka akaun? – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Kenapa buka akaun?" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:Why create an account? – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:Why create an account?" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9C%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8B%3F" title="Wikipedia:なぜログインするのか? – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:なぜログインするのか?" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8:%D0%94%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Википеди:ДӀайазбаллар – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Википеди:ДӀайазбаллар" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hvorfor_registrere_seg%3F" title="Wikipedia:Hvorfor registrere seg? – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Hvorfor registrere seg?" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86:%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%93%E0%A8%82_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%86_%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%87_%3F" title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਖਾਤਾ ਕਿਓਂ ਬਣਾਇਆ ਜਾਵੇ ? – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਖਾਤਾ ਕਿਓਂ ਬਣਾਇਆ ਜਾਵੇ ?" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-blk mw-list-item"><a href="https://blk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%81%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="ဝီခီပီးဒီးယား:Why create an account? – Pa'O" lang="blk" hreflang="blk" data-title="ဝီခီပီးဒီးယား:Why create an account?" data-language-autonym="ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-local-name="Pa'O" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%BE%DB%90%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%A7:%DA%AF%DA%BC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%DB%90_%D8%AC%D9%88%DA%93_%DA%A9%DA%93%D9%85%D8%9F" title="ويکيپېډيا:گڼون ولې جوړ کړم؟ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ويکيپېډيا:گڼون ولې جوړ کړم؟" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomoc:Zaloguj_si%C4%99" title="Pomoc:Zaloguj się – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pomoc:Zaloguj się" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Usu%C3%A1rios_registrados" title="Wikipédia:Usuários registrados – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Usuários registrados" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Aanmellde" title="Wikipedia:Aanmellde – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Wikipedia:Aanmellde" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:De_ce_s%C4%83_m%C4%83_%C3%AEnregistrez" title="Wikipedia:De ce să mă înregistrez – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:De ce să mă înregistrez" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Википедия:Регистрация – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Регистрация" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Benefits_o_an_accoont" title="Wikipedia:Benefits o an accoont – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Wikipedia:Benefits o an accoont" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_make_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why make an account? – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wikipedia:Why make an account?" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7:%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%DA%87%D9%88_%D9%BA%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%9F" title="وڪيپيڊيا:کاتو ڇو ٺاهيو؟ – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا:کاتو ڇو ٺاهيو؟" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Zakaj_ustvariti_ra%C4%8Dun%3F" title="Wikipedija:Zakaj ustvariti račun? – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Wikipedija:Zakaj ustvariti račun?" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%A8%DB%86_%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%A8%DB%8E_%DA%BE%DB%95%DA%98%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%A8%DA%A9%DB%95%D9%85%D8%9F" title="ویکیپیدیا:بۆ دەبێ ھەژمار دروست بکەم؟ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:بۆ دەبێ ھەژمار دروست بکەم؟" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%3F" title="Википедија:Зашто да отворим налог? – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Зашто да отворим налог?" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Za%C5%A1to_postati_korisnik%3F" title="Wikipedija:Zašto postati korisnik? – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Wikipedija:Zašto postati korisnik?" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kauntungan_boga_rekening" title="Wikipedia:Kauntungan boga rekening – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Wikipedia:Kauntungan boga rekening" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Varf%C3%B6r_skapa_ett_anv%C3%A4ndarkonto%3F" title="Wikipedia:Varför skapa ett användarkonto? 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You can also opt in to exchanging <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Emailing_users" title="Wikipedia:Emailing users">emails</a> with other users.</li> <li>Get automatic <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notifications" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Notifications">notifications</a> that alert you when someone has <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Ping" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Ping">ping</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>ed you, or wikilinked your user ID in a message or edit summary.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Preferences" title="Help:Preferences">Use custom preferences</a> to change the look and behavior of Wikipedia and how it works for you.</li> <li>Use your <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unified_login" title="Wikipedia:Unified login">unified login</a> to work on Wikimedia's <a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/" class="extiw" title="foundationsite:our-work/wikimedia-projects/">other projects</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary" title="Wiktionary">Wiktionary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a>.</li> <li>Use more advanced <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_tools" title="Wikipedia:Tools/Editing tools">editing tools</a>.</li></ul> <p>Once you have had an account <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Autoconfirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">for 4 days and made 10 edits</a>, you can: </p> <ul><li>Edit <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Semi-protection" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">semi-protected</a> pages, which display a gray lock <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Semi-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Semi-protected"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/16px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/24px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/32px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> on the top-right corner of the article. IP address users and non-confirmed users cannot edit pages with this protection level.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Your first article">Create new articles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Moving_a_page" title="Wikipedia:Moving a page">rename pages</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special:Upload" title="Special:Upload">upload files</a>.</li></ul> <p>And once you have had an account for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Extended_confirmed_protection" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">30 days, and have made more than 500 edits</a>, you can: </p> <ul><li>Edit <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rough_guide_to_extended_confirmed_protection" title="Wikipedia:Rough guide to extended confirmed protection">extended protected pages</a>, which display a blue lock <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Extended-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Extended confirmed protection"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/16px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/24px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/32px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Summary_of_benefits" data-mw-thread-id="h-Summary_of_benefits"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Summary_of_benefits"></span>Summary of benefits<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Summary_of_benefits"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Incentives" title="Wikipedia:Incentives">Wikipedia:Incentives</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Username_and_privacy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Username_and_privacy-Summary_of_benefits"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Username_and_privacy-Summary_of_benefits"></span>Username and privacy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Username_and_privacy-Summary_of_benefits"></span></h3></div> <p>When you <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F">create an account</a></span></b>, you can pick a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">user name</a> <b>provided it is available and unique.</b> Edits you make while logged in will be associated to the username of your account instead of your IP address. You will have your own permanent <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user page</a></i> where you can write a bit about yourself. While <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog,_Web_hosting_service,_social_networking_service,_or_memorial_site" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is not a homepage provider</a>, you can use this to display a few <a href="/wiki/Free_content" title="Free content">free</a> pictures, write about your hobbies, etc. Many users use their user page to maintain a list of the articles they are most proud of, or to list other valuable information they've collected from Wikipedia. </p><p>You will also have a permanent <i><a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_pages#User_talk_pages" title="Help:Talk pages">user talk page</a></i> that you can use to communicate with other users. You will be notified whenever someone writes a message on your talk page. If you choose to provide an email address with your account, other users will be able to contact you by e-mail if you choose. This feature is <i>anonymous</i>; the user who emails you will not know your email address unless you respond to them using your email address. </p><p>You are less identifiable logged in than you are as an unregistered editor, owing to the hiding of your IP address (so long as you avoid disclosing identifiable information on your user page). You might want to consider privacy and the possibility of offline harassment when deciding what to say on your user page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reputation,_communication,_and_more_successful_edits" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reputation,_communication,_and_more_successful_edits-Summary_of_benefits"><span id="Reputation.2C_communication.2C_and_more_successful_edits"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reputation,_communication,_and_more_successful_edits-Summary_of_benefits"></span>Reputation, communication, and more successful edits<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reputation,_communication,_and_more_successful_edits-Summary_of_benefits"></span></h3></div> <p>Having an account gives you a fixed Wikipedia identity that other users will recognize. While we welcome contributions from unregistered editors, logging in under a user name lets you build trust and respect through a history of good edits, and makes it easier for veteran users to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">assume good faith</a>, communicate and collaborate. Having a good name (or a pseudonym to protect your identity) promotes more responsible editing, and more <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">civil discourse</a>. </p><p>Sometimes new or unregistered users are prevented from editing pages that are common targets of <a href="/wiki/Vandalism_on_Wikipedia" title="Vandalism on Wikipedia">vandalism</a> (just as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">this page is protected</a>, and only users with an account can edit it). Also, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots">bots</a> can mistake even good-faith IP address edits for vandalism. For these reasons, edits under a user name tend to be more successful. </p><p>Having an account is a must for many processes in Wikipedia, such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFA">voting for administrators</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFB">bureaucrats</a>. As your reputation builds, it is possible to earn privileges such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Rollback">rollback</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">sysop/administrator</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">others</a>. It is not possible for an unregistered editor to be granted these privileges. </p><p>Your user name may also receive recognition for good work such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Barnstars" title="Wikipedia:Barnstars">Barnstars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Awards_by_WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:Awards by WikiProject">Project Awards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Personal_user_awards" title="Wikipedia:Personal user awards">Personal User Awards</a>, or nomination for voted accolades like <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Editor_Retention/Editor_of_the_Week" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week">Editor of the Week</a>. You need a fixed account identity to accumulate these pats on the back; they are not awarded to IP addresses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="User_preferences" data-mw-thread-id="h-User_preferences-Summary_of_benefits"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-User_preferences-Summary_of_benefits"></span>User preferences<span data-mw-comment-end="h-User_preferences-Summary_of_benefits"></span></h3></div> <p>As a registered user, you can customize the way pages are displayed by altering your <a href="/wiki/Help:Preferences" title="Help:Preferences">preferences</a>. There, in the <b>Appearance</b> tab, you can change the following display settings: </p> <ul><li>Under <b>Skin</b>: various options as to the appearance of the website</li> <li>Under <b>Math</b>: how mathematical formulas are displayed</li> <li>Under <b>Files</b>: how large image thumbnails should be</li></ul> <p>And various editing preferences: </p> <ul><li>How your username signature appears on talk pages</li> <li>How pages should be displayed in recent changes</li> <li>and many others</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Open_research" data-mw-thread-id="h-Open_research-Summary_of_benefits"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Open_research-Summary_of_benefits"></span>Open research<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Open_research-Summary_of_benefits"></span></h3></div> <p>People who have Wikipedia accounts can gain access to the vital reliable sources via <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">The Wikipedia Library</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Blocked?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Blocked?"><span id="Blocked.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Blocked?"></span>Blocked?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Blocked?"></span></h2></div> <p>Shared <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP addresses</a> such as school and enterprise networks or <a href="/wiki/Proxy_server" title="Proxy server">proxy servers</a> are frequently blocked for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a> which, unfortunately, may also affect innocent editors on the same network. 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