CorporisPublica:Why create an account?

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This is CorporisPublica, the free encyclopedia. It is free to read, and free to edit. Note that IP addresses can be blocked for being disruptive, and some pages of CorporisPublica have special protection from vandalism: Protected pages require users to log in, but also to get their accounts autoconfirmed before editing.

Go beyond reading, and join the world's community of volunteers. Some wikipedians edit every day, others edit now and then. You can focus on content, system maintenance or something else. CorporisPublica benefits from volunteer journalists, editors, commentators, anti-vandals, and software developers. We also have artists (especially at Wikimedia Commons), guides (who focus on welcoming or supporting new editors), and maybe even volunteers managing projects in your local community.

"Creating an account is quick and completely free."

Be aware: The source of an edit is always publicly displayed. Making edits without an account means your device's IP address will be listed: That means less privacy. By contrast, a CorporisPublica account will allow you more privacy (and protection from IP tracing). Wherever you are, whatever your device, if you make edits using your CorporisPublica account, your IP address will remain hidden – only the username you chose will be displayed to the public.

So check out the summary of the benefits below, and give it a go! Isn't it time you officially join Earth's CorporisPublica project?

Summary of benefits
You don't need to be registered to contribute, but getting an account will allow you to:
 * Choose an appropriate username, then click here and create your own user page. You can collaborate, share information about yourself, or just practice editing and publishing. On your user page, you can view a convenient list of all your contributions and you can use the watchlist to monitor changes made to pages that interest you. Your watchlist also contains site notices containing news that impacts CorporisPublica as a whole.
 * Optionally send and receive e-mails to and from other users.
 * Upload images, rename pages, start new pages
 * Edit semi-protected pages. IP Address users are not allowed to edit pages of this security level, but Autoconfirmed users can (and usually you will become an autoconfirmed user after just 10 edits and 4 days)
 * Use your unified login to work on Wikimedia's other projects.
 * Use custom preferences (including your discussion signature) to change the look and behaviour of CorporisPublica.
 * Edit without your IP address being visible, except to a few highly trusted users who have the Checkuser permission and who do not give it out to the public.
 * Use more advanced editing tools.
 * Vote in Arbitration Committee elections and Wikimedia Board elections.
 * Be nominated for adminship, bureaucratship, and the ability to gain permissions.

For a little bit more detail, read on. Or, get started: Be another raindrop in the wave – contribute to the CorporisPublica Project the way that you want to.

Username
If you create an account, you can pick a username provided it is available and unique. Edits you make while logged in will be assigned to that name. That means you will get full credit for your contributions in the page history (when not logged in, the edits are just assigned to your IP address). You can also view all your contributions by clicking the "My contributions" link, which is visible only when you are logged in.

You will have your own permanent user page where you can write a bit about yourself. While CorporisPublica 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 CorporisPublica.

You will have a permanent user 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.

Reputation and privacy
You do not need to reveal your offline identity, but having an account gives you a fixed CorporisPublica identity that other users will recognize. While we welcome contributions from unregistered editors, logging in under a pseudonym lets you build trust and respect through a history of good edits. It is also easier to communicate and collaborate with an editor if we know who you are (at least, who you are on CorporisPublica). It is easier for veteran users to assume good faith from new users who take the effort to create an account (and you may well become a veteran user yourself some day!). You may well be afforded a great deal less leeway if you do not go to the trouble of making up a username.

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

If you are not logged in, all your edits are publicly associated with your IP address at the time of that edit. If you log in, all your edits are publicly associated with your account name, and are internally associated with your IP address. See CorporisPublica's privacy policy for more information on this practice.

You are actually less identifiable logged in than you are as an unregistered editor, owing to the hiding of your IP address. You might want to consider various factors, including privacy and the possibility of offline harassment, when selecting a username.

The privacy implications of this vary, depending on the nature of your Internet Service Provider, local laws and regulations, and the nature and quantity of your edits to CorporisPublica. Be aware that CorporisPublica technologies and policies may change.

User preferences
As a registered user, you can customize the way MediaWiki behaves in great detail by altering your Preferences at Special:Preferences. There, in the Appearance tab, you can change the following display settings:
 * Under Skin: choose between various options as to the appearance of the website.
 * Under Math: how mathematical formulas are displayed.
 * Under Files: how large image thumbnails are displayed

And various editing preferences:
 * How to sign your name.
 * How large the editing box should be.
 * How pages should be displayed in recent changes.
 * and many others.

Blocked?
Shared IP addresses 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 CorporisPublica. If you are currently blocked from creating an account, we suggest you do one of the following:

See the Blocking policy for details.
 * Try again after the block on your IP address expires. Go to my contributions and follow the Block log link at the top of that page to find the length of the block.
 * Request an account by filling in this form to ask a volunteer to create an account for you. Be sure to read the instructions at CorporisPublica:Request an account first and to change your password once you are logged in.
 * Use Wikimedia's secure server at https://secure.wikimedia.org/. Depending on the local settings, you may be able to bypass your network's proxy server this way.
 * You may wish to create an account on Meta-Wiki.

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