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Currently, account creation on this wiki is disabled. This is in order to vet all new contributors to make sure they have some connection to Warwick, in order to help limit spam and vandalism. | Currently, account creation on this wiki is disabled. This is in order to vet all new contributors to make sure they have some connection to Warwick, in order to help limit spam and vandalism. | ||
'''To request an account, please email [mailto:alfie.giffen@warwick.ac.uk alfie.giffen@warwick.ac.uk].''' If you have a university email address that you can use, please use this. SU or graduate email addresses are also fine. Otherwise, please provide some information and evidence of your link to the university. In the email, '''please include the following:''' | |||
* '''Your desired username.''' The first character must be lowercase (or a non-alphabet character). Certain characters, such as "/", "#", "_" and ":", are not allowed. Spaces are allowed. | |||
* '''The email address you would like connected to your account.''' It is essential that you can access this email address. It can be your university email address, but remember to change it before you graduate (assuming you want to keep editing the wiki). | |||
Once the account has been created, '''you will receive an email to your supplied email address''' asking you to confirm your email address. This will be from '''warwickwiki@uwcs.co.uk''', and may go to your spam folder. '''You must then follow these steps:''' | |||
# Click the link in the email to confirm your email address. This link expires 7 days after it is first sent, so you have plenty of time. | |||
# Visit [[Special:PasswordReset]] and input the email you registered with. You will be sent a temporary password to your email. This email will also include a confirmation/reminder of your username. | |||
# Find the email with the temporary password. Use it to log-in at [[Special:Login]]. Then, change your password as prompted. | |||
Finally, head over to [[Project:New editors]] to learn about how to edit. | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:19, 15 August 2025
Currently, account creation on this wiki is disabled. This is in order to vet all new contributors to make sure they have some connection to Warwick, in order to help limit spam and vandalism.
To request an account, please email alfie.giffen@warwick.ac.uk. If you have a university email address that you can use, please use this. SU or graduate email addresses are also fine. Otherwise, please provide some information and evidence of your link to the university. In the email, please include the following:
- Your desired username. The first character must be lowercase (or a non-alphabet character). Certain characters, such as "/", "#", "_" and ":", are not allowed. Spaces are allowed.
- The email address you would like connected to your account. It is essential that you can access this email address. It can be your university email address, but remember to change it before you graduate (assuming you want to keep editing the wiki).
Once the account has been created, you will receive an email to your supplied email address asking you to confirm your email address. This will be from warwickwiki@uwcs.co.uk, and may go to your spam folder. You must then follow these steps:
- Click the link in the email to confirm your email address. This link expires 7 days after it is first sent, so you have plenty of time.
- Visit Special:PasswordReset and input the email you registered with. You will be sent a temporary password to your email. This email will also include a confirmation/reminder of your username.
- Find the email with the temporary password. Use it to log-in at Special:Login. Then, change your password as prompted.
Finally, head over to Project:New editors to learn about how to edit.
