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Registering doesn't just give you better tools for making edits: An account facilitates everything from offering art to working with other volunteers.

This is ویکی‌پدیا, the free encyclopedia. It is free to read, and free to edit. Go beyond reading, and join the world's community of volunteers.

You don't need to be registered to contribute, but getting an account allows you to:

  • Choose an appropriate username, which will be reserved just for you on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
  • Create your own user page, to collaborate, share information about yourself, or just practice editing and publishing in your own sandbox.
  • Communicate with other editors via your own talk page. You can also opt in to exchanging emails with other users.
  • Make it easier for other editors to communicate with you. Even if you don't feel any need to contact other editors, they may wish to contact you, which may be difficult if your IP address changes. Also, even if you have a static IP address so that it doesn't change, other editors may not know that is the case, so they may be deterred from posting to you on your IP talk page.
  • Get automatic notifications that alert you when someone has {{ping}}ed you, or wikilinked your user ID.
  • Use custom preferences to change the look and behaviour of Wikipedia.
  • View a convenient list of all your contributions (edits), and use your watchlist to monitor changes made to pages that interest you.
  • Use your unified login to work on Wikimedia's other projects, such as ویکی‌سؤزلوک and ویکی‌مدیا کامنز.
  • Use more advanced editing tools.
  • Edit without revealing your آی‌پی آدرسی (which can be used to trace your physical location) to the public.
  • Vote for the Picture of the Year and members of the Wikimedia Board.

Once you have had an account for about 4 days and have made at least 10 edits, you will be allowed to:

And once you have had an account for 30 days, and have made at least 500 edits, you will be allowed to edit extended protected pages!

For a bit more detail, read on. Or, get started: sign up – contribute to the Wikipedia Project the way that you want to.

Creating an account is quick and completely free.

Summary of benefits

Username and privacy

If you create an account, you can pick a user name provided it is available and unique. Edits you make while logged in will be assigned to that name, not to your IP address. You will have your own permanent user page where you can write a bit about yourself. While Wikipedia is not a homepage provider, you can use this to display a few free 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 collect other valuable information from Wikipedia.

You will also have a permanent talk page 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 give an e-mail address, other users will be able to contact you by e-mail. This feature is anonymous; the user who emails you will not know your e-mail address.

You are actually 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.

Reputation, communication, and more successful edits

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 assume good faith, communicate and collaborate. Having a good name (or a pseudonym to protect your identity) promotes more responsible editing, and more civil discourse.

Sometimes new or unregistered users are prevented from editing pages that are common targets of vandalism (just as this page is protected, and only users with an account can edit it). Also, bots can mistake even good-faith IP address edits for vandalism. For these reasons, edits under a user name tend to be more successful.

Your user name may also receive recognition for good work such as Barnstars, Project Awards, Personal User Awards, or nomination for voted accolades like Editor of the Week. You need a fixed account identity to accumulate these pats on the back; they are not awarded to IP addresses.

As your reputation builds, it is possible to earn privileges such as rollback, sysop/administrator, and others. It is not possible for an unregistered editor to be granted these privileges.

User preferences

As a registered user, you can customize the way pages are displayed by altering your preferences. There, in the Appearance tab, you can change the following display settings:

  • Under Skin: various options as to the appearance of the website
  • Under Math: how mathematical formulas are displayed
  • Under Files: how large image thumbnails should be

And various editing preferences:

  • How your username signature appears on talk pages
  • How pages should be displayed in recent changes
  • and many others

Open research

Wikipedia accounts can gain access to the vital reliable sources via The Wikipedia Library.

Blocked?

Shared آی‌پی آدرسیes such as school and enterprise networks or proxy servers are frequently blocked for vandalism which, unfortunately, may also affect innocent editors on the same network. However, registered users in good standing can request existing blocks on their IP address be modified to affect only unregistered editors so that they can continue contributing to Wikipedia. If you are currently blocked from creating an account, we suggest you do one of the following:

See the Blocking policy for details.

To create an account, click on the "Create an account now" link and fill out the required fields. This will be logged, and your account will be created.

See also

Wikipedia has various sister projects too, like Wikimedia Commons – where everyone collects and volunteers free media.
Related Wikipedia information pages

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