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Rossdonaldson1 at 14:36, 6 April 2012

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	All WikEM articles are linked or cross-referenced for ease of navigation though the encyclopedia.		All WikEM articles are linked or cross-referenced for ease of navigation though the encyclopedia.

	Where you see text ~~like [[Help:Link\|this]]~~, it means there is a link another article or Wikipedia page with further information if you need it. Holding your mouse over the link will show you where a link will take you. This means that articles do not need to cover common ground in depth; instead, you are always one click away from more information on any point that has a link attached.		Where you see text, it means there is a link another article or Wikipedia page with further information if you need it. Holding your mouse over the link will show you where a link will take you. This means that articles do not need to cover common ground in depth; instead, you are always one click away from more information on any point that has a link attached.

	There are other links towards the ends of most articles, for other articles of interest, relevant external web sites and pages, and reference material. At the end of the article are relevant [[Wikipedia:Category\|categories of knowledge]] which you can search and traverse in an interconnected [[hierarchy]] for further related information in a field.

	Some articles may also have links to dictionary definitions, audiobook readings, quotations, or the same article in other languages. You can contribute by adding further links if a relevant link is missing.		Some articles may also have links to dictionary definitions, audiobook readings, quotations, or the same article in other languages. You can contribute by adding further links if a relevant link is missing.

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Top tabs (above the article)

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	*Page editing is simple with WikEM, and you cannot harm a page if you make a mistake, since all changes can be undone. This is part of Wikipedia's vandal protection.		*Page editing is simple with WikEM, and you cannot harm a page if you make a mistake, since all changes can be undone. This is part of Wikipedia's vandal protection.
	* history - All editable pages on WikEM have an associated page history, which consists of the old versions of the wikitext, as well as a record of the date and time (in UTC) of every edit, the username or IP address of the user who wrote it, and their edit summary.		* history - All editable pages on WikEM have an associated page history, which consists of the old versions of the wikitext, as well as a record of the date and time (in UTC) of every edit, the username or IP address of the user who wrote it, and their edit summary.
	* watch/unwatch - adds or removes a page from your watchlist, the list of pages you are tracking. You can view your watchlist with the user option button "my watchlist" at the top right of the screen~~. See [[Help:Watching pages]] for details~~.		* watch/unwatch - adds or removes a page from your watchlist, the list of pages you are tracking. You can view your watchlist with the user option button "my watchlist" at the top right of the screen.

	=== User options (top right) ===		=== User options (top right) ===

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Other useful buttons and panels

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	==Other useful buttons and panels==		==Other useful buttons and panels==
	[[Image:Wikipedia basic navigation.png\|center\|555px\|alt=User options include "my preferences" and "my watchlist". Top tabs include "discussion" and "history". The sidebar includes "Main page" and "Community Portal". The toolbox includes "What links here" and "Related changes".]]


	===Sidebar (left) ===		===Sidebar (left) ===
	To the left side of each article are some standard options for navigation and interaction~~, for tools, and, on some articles, for languages:~~		To the left side of each article are some standard options for navigation and interaction.

	Navigation options:		Navigation options:
	* [[Main ~~page]] - the English Wikipedia home page~~		*Main Page
	* ~~[[Wikipedia:Contents\|Contents]] - an index of the various ways to find content within Wikipedia~~		*Notes by Category
	* ~~[[Wikipedia:Featured content\|Featured content]] - a selection of the best of what Wikipedia has to offer~~		*Search Notes
	* ~~[[Portal:Current events\|Current events]] - latest world news reported within the Wikipedia community~~		*Recent Changes
	* ~~[[Special:Random\|Random article]] - lucky dip, if you're ever bored or want to learn something new!~~		*Popular Notes
			*Help

	~~Search box - allows you to search other articles across the whole of Wikipedia.~~		Using WikEM
			*About WikEM
	~~Interaction options:~~		*WikEM on Smart Phone
	* ~~[[Wikipedia:~~About~~\|About Wikipedia]] - an introduction to the Wikipedia project for visitors~~		*Create an Account
	* ~~[[wikipedia:Community Portal\|Community portal]] - as a community building an encyclopedia, Wikipedia has a portal for users, giving easy access to many of the useful pages within Wikipedia~~		*Create & Edit Notes
	* ~~[[Special:Recentchanges\|Recent changes]] - articles that are being edited at this moment~~		*Suggest a New Note
	* ~~[[Wikipedia:Contact us\|Contact Wikipedia]]~~		*Suggest an Improvement
	* ~~[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising Donate to Wikipedia]~~
	* ~~[[Help:Contents\|Help]] - the main menu for all the help pages~~

	Toolbox options:		Toolbox options:
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	* [[Wikipedia:Upload\|Upload file]] - help with properly uploading images and other files to Wikipedia		* [[Wikipedia:Upload\|Upload file]] - help with properly uploading images and other files to Wikipedia
	* [[Special:SpecialPages\|Special pages]] - all the special functions and administration options can be found here		* [[Special:SpecialPages\|Special pages]] - all the special functions and administration options can be found here
	* Printable version - displays the article by itself, without all the site navigation. See [[Help:Printable]] for details.
	* Permanent link - used to [[Help:Page history#Linking to a specific version of a page\|link to a specific version of a page]]. See [[Permalink]] for an encyclopedic explanation of permanent links.
	* Cite this page - generates a set of copyable sample citations for the article, in different styles

	~~Other languages - if an article exists on the same subject in any of the other hundred languages in Wikipedia, it should usually appear on a list of other language links in the sidebar too.~~

	=== Top tabs (above the article) ===		=== Top tabs (above the article) ===
	Each page in Wikipedia contains an article, and a discussion page ~~(usually called "Talk...")~~		Each page in Wikipedia contains an article, and a discussion page

	You can see these above: the article is labelled "project page", the discussion page is the tab to the right of it. These are treated as two separate pages in Wikipedia, but are shown side by side on the tab bar, for ease of use.		You can see these above: the article is labelled "project page", the discussion page is the tab to the right of it. These are treated as two separate pages in Wikipedia, but are shown side by side on the tab bar, for ease of use.
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	Whether you are looking at the article or project page, or the discussion page, you will see there is a button marked "edit this page", possibly a "new section" button, and a button labelled "watch" or "unwatch".		Whether you are looking at the article or project page, or the discussion page, you will see there is a button marked "edit this page", possibly a "new section" button, and a button labelled "watch" or "unwatch".

	* edit this page - this is the key to contributing to ~~Wikipedia~~. When you click this button, you change from viewing an article or discussion about an article, to being able to edit the article, or add comments to the discussion that is going on.		* edit this page - this is the key to contributing to WikEM. When you click this button, you change from viewing an article or discussion about an article, to being able to edit the article, or add comments to the discussion that is going on.
	*:Occasionally, pages that are important or may be vandalized are locked, in which case the "edit" will show "view source", and you will not be able to edit the article at that time.		*Occasionally, pages that are important or may be vandalized are locked, in which case the "edit" will show "view source", and you will not be able to edit the article at that time.
	*:Page editing is simple with ~~Wikipedia~~, and you cannot harm a page if you make a mistake, since all changes can be undone. This is part of Wikipedia's vandal protection.		*Page editing is simple with WikEM, and you cannot harm a page if you make a mistake, since all changes can be undone. This is part of Wikipedia's vandal protection.
	* "new section" - adds a new section to a discussion page, without changing what is already there.		* history - All editable pages on WikEM have an associated page history, which consists of the old versions of the wikitext, as well as a record of the date and time (in UTC) of every edit, the username or IP address of the user who wrote it, and their edit summary.
	* history - All editable pages on ~~Wikipedia~~ have an associated page history, which consists of the old versions of the wikitext, as well as a record of the date and time (in UTC) of every edit, the username or IP address of the user who wrote it, and their edit summary~~. See [[Help:Page history]] for details~~.
	* watch/unwatch - adds or removes a page from your watchlist, the list of pages you are tracking. You can view your watchlist with the user option button "my watchlist" at the top right of the screen. See [[Help:Watching pages]] for details.		* watch/unwatch - adds or removes a page from your watchlist, the list of pages you are tracking. You can view your watchlist with the user option button "my watchlist" at the top right of the screen. See [[Help:Watching pages]] for details.

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	These control your user account. To create a user account you only need to choose a name and a password. An email address is optional and only used for password reminders.		These control your user account. To create a user account you only need to choose a name and a password. An email address is optional and only used for password reminders.

	Unless you create an account you will not be able to ~~customize Wikipedia~~ preferences for yourself. ~~Almost all experienced editors use an account in order to ensure [[accountability]].~~		Unless you create an account you will not be able to edit WikEM and edit preferences for yourself.

	The user options also include links to view your watchlist (articles you are tracking), and contributions you have made.		The user options also include links to view your watchlist (articles you are tracking), and contributions you have made.

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Category browsing

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	==Category browsing==		==Category browsing==
	~~{{Main\|Help:Categories}}~~		Every article has a list at the bottom of all the major categories it belongs to.
	Every article has a list at the bottom of all the major categories it belongs to~~. For example [[Albert Einstein]] is listed under:~~
	:''[[:Category:1879 births\|1879 births]], [[:Category:1955 deaths\|1955 deaths]], [[:Category:Cosmologists\|Cosmologists]], [[:Category:German physicists\|German physicists]], [[:Category:German-Americans\|German-Americans]], [[:Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States\|Naturalized citizens of the United States]], [[:Category:Nobel laureates in Physics\|Nobel laureates in Physics]], [[:Category:Refugees\|Refugees]], [[:Category:Vegetarians\|Vegetarians]], [[:Category:World federalists\|World federalists]].''

	~~Each of these categories can be browsed and is linked to related categories in an interconnected [[hierarchy]] or web.~~

	~~Try browsing the various categories below right now:~~

	~~<p style="clear:both; margin:0 3px .8em 3px; font-variant: small-caps; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom:.2em; font-size: 105%;"><!-- These should be fundamental categories -->~~
	[[:Category:Arts\|Arts]] \| [[:Category:Culture\|Culture]] \| [[:Category:Geography\|Geography]] \| [[:Category:History\|History]] \| [[:Category:Mathematics\|Mathematics]] \| [[:Category:People\|People]] \| [[:Category:Philosophy\|Philosophy]] \| [[:Category:Science\|Science]] \| [[:Category:Society\|Society]] \| [[:Category:Technology\|Technology]]</p>

	~~For more information about using this feature, see [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories]]~~.

	==Other useful buttons and panels==		==Other useful buttons and panels==

Rossdonaldson1: /* Contents and index browsing */

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Contents and index browsing

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	==Contents and index browsing==		==Contents and index browsing==
	~~Wikipedia~~ contains ~~a huge amount~~ of information ~~on all sorts of subjects ranging from [[politics]], [[science]], [[history]], [[music]], [[religion]], [[pop culture]], [[sports]] and many other topics~~.		WikEM contains lots of Emergency Medicine related information. To help you find your way around, WikEM has a [[Special:Categories\|Categories]] section, as well as numerous pages that organize information.

	To help you find your way around ~~this world of knowledge~~, ~~Wikipedia~~ has ~~many pages that organize its contents. These lists and indices use links to the articles that are organized by subject or alphabetically. Our best content also finds its way to one of the~~ [[~~Wikipedia~~:~~Featured content~~\|~~featured content~~]] ~~lists. Links to all of Wikipedia's main contents~~ pages ~~are presented below, and they in turn link to all the rest~~.
	~~{{-}}~~
	~~{{Contents pages (footer box)}}~~

	==Category browsing==		==Category browsing==

Rossdonaldson1: /* Orientation */

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Orientation

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	There's a browsing bar at the top of the Main Page with links to Categories, Portals, Featured content and the A-Z index.		There's a browsing bar at the top of the Main Page with links to Categories, Portals, Featured content and the A-Z index.
	Each category is a list of sub-categories or articles. Portals bring you to sub-portals and portals, which are illustrated article summaries like on the Main Page. Featured content is the way to the best articles, pictures, lists and portals in the encyclopedia. A-Z index finds a page from the first two or three letters of its title.		Each category is a list of sub-categories or articles. Portals bring you to sub-portals and portals, which are illustrated article summaries like on the Main Page. Featured content is the way to the best articles, pictures, lists and portals in the encyclopedia. A-Z index finds a page from the first two or three letters of its title.

	~~== Orientation ==~~
	The English Wikipedia is one of many [[Wikimedia]] projects, and has the [[URL]] en.wikipedia.org. Versions in other languages have other two-letter labels, such as the [[Spanish Wikipedia]] at es.wikipedia.org. Other [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects\|Wikimedia sister projects]] such as [[Wikisource]] and [[Wiktionary]] have different names in their URLs. Links to these projects (such as [[s:Main Page]]) usually appear in a different shade. [[Wikimedia Commons]] (commons.wikimedia.org) has a special role, housing many of the images accessed from Wikipedia. Many of the projects at the other URLs are organized in a way that is quite similar to Wikipedia, but you can always tell which project you are viewing by the logo and text at the top left of the page.

	Within Wikipedia (and other projects), content is separated into [[Wikipedia:namespace\|namespace]]s, which appear before the page name. For example, [[Help:Editing]] is in the Help: namespace. Regular encyclopedia articles are in a namespace with no prefix added. Namespaces come in pairs, one for content and one for talk — for example, [[Help talk:Editing]]. Another example is your [[Help:userpage\|user page]] and associated talk page, which is added to the User: and User talk: namespaces. You can switch between content and talk pages using the first two tabs at the top of each page.

	==Contents and index browsing==		==Contents and index browsing==

Rossdonaldson1 at 22:06, 3 April 2012

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	TODO: This page was created based on Wikipedia's help section and needs extensive editing to make it consistent with WikEM		'''TODO: This page was created based on Wikipedia's help section and needs extensive editing to make it consistent with WikEM'''

	All ~~[[Wikipedia]]~~ articles are linked or cross-referenced for ease of navigation though the encyclopedia.		All WikEM articles are linked or cross-referenced for ease of navigation though the encyclopedia.

	Where you see text like [[Help:Link\|this]], it means there is a link another article or Wikipedia page with further information if you need it. Holding your mouse over the link will show you where a link will take you. This means that articles do not need to cover common ground in depth; instead, you are always one click away from more information on any point that has a link attached.		Where you see text like [[Help:Link\|this]], it means there is a link another article or Wikipedia page with further information if you need it. Holding your mouse over the link will show you where a link will take you. This means that articles do not need to cover common ground in depth; instead, you are always one click away from more information on any point that has a link attached.

SabinDang at 01:21, 2 March 2011

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	~~{{Reader~~ help}}		TODO: This page was created based on Wikipedia's help section and needs extensive editing to make it consistent with WikEM

	All [[Wikipedia]] articles are linked or cross-referenced for ease of navigation though the encyclopedia.		All [[Wikipedia]] articles are linked or cross-referenced for ease of navigation though the encyclopedia.

Admin at 04:38, 17 February 2011

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	{{Reader help}}		{{Reader help}}

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{{Reader help}}

All [[Wikipedia]] articles are linked or cross-referenced for ease of navigation though the encyclopedia.

Where you see text like [[Help:Link|this]], it means there is a link another article or Wikipedia page with further information if you need it. Holding your mouse over the link will show you where a link will take you. This means that articles do not need to cover common ground in depth; instead, you are always one click away from more information on any point that has a link attached.

There are other links towards the ends of most articles, for other articles of interest, relevant external web sites and pages, and reference material. At the end of the article are relevant [[Wikipedia:Category|categories of knowledge]] which you can search and traverse in an interconnected [[hierarchy]] for further related information in a field.

Some articles may also have links to dictionary definitions, audiobook readings, quotations, or the same article in other languages. You can contribute by adding further links if a relevant link is missing.

==Main Page==
There's a browsing bar at the top of the Main Page with links to Categories, Portals, Featured content and the A-Z index.
Each category is a list of sub-categories or articles. Portals bring you to sub-portals and portals, which are illustrated article summaries like on the Main Page. Featured content is the way to the best articles, pictures, lists and portals in the encyclopedia. A-Z index finds a page from the first two or three letters of its title.

== Orientation ==
The English Wikipedia is one of many [[Wikimedia]] projects, and has the [[URL]] en.wikipedia.org. Versions in other languages have other two-letter labels, such as the [[Spanish Wikipedia]] at es.wikipedia.org. Other [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects|Wikimedia sister projects]] such as [[Wikisource]] and [[Wiktionary]] have different names in their URLs. Links to these projects (such as [[s:Main Page]]) usually appear in a different shade. [[Wikimedia Commons]] (commons.wikimedia.org) has a special role, housing many of the images accessed from Wikipedia. Many of the projects at the other URLs are organized in a way that is quite similar to Wikipedia, but you can always tell which project you are viewing by the logo and text at the top left of the page.

Within Wikipedia (and other projects), content is separated into [[Wikipedia:namespace|namespace]]s, which appear before the page name. For example, [[Help:Editing]] is in the Help: namespace. Regular encyclopedia articles are in a namespace with no prefix added. Namespaces come in pairs, one for content and one for talk — for example, [[Help talk:Editing]]. Another example is your [[Help:userpage|user page]] and associated talk page, which is added to the User: and User talk: namespaces. You can switch between content and talk pages using the first two tabs at the top of each page.

==Contents and index browsing==
Wikipedia contains a huge amount of information on all sorts of subjects ranging from [[politics]], [[science]], [[history]], [[music]], [[religion]], [[pop culture]], [[sports]] and many other topics.

To help you find your way around this world of knowledge, Wikipedia has many pages that organize its contents. These lists and indices use links to the articles that are organized by subject or alphabetically. Our best content also finds its way to one of the [[Wikipedia:Featured content|featured content]] lists. Links to all of Wikipedia's main contents pages are presented below, and they in turn link to all the rest.
{{-}}
{{Contents pages (footer box)}}

==Category browsing==
{{Main|Help:Categories}}
Every article has a list at the bottom of all the major categories it belongs to. For example [[Albert Einstein]] is listed under:
:''[[:Category:1879 births|1879 births]], [[:Category:1955 deaths|1955 deaths]], [[:Category:Cosmologists|Cosmologists]], [[:Category:German physicists|German physicists]], [[:Category:German-Americans|German-Americans]], [[:Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States|Naturalized citizens of the United States]], [[:Category:Nobel laureates in Physics|Nobel laureates in Physics]], [[:Category:Refugees|Refugees]], [[:Category:Vegetarians|Vegetarians]], [[:Category:World federalists|World federalists]].''

Each of these categories can be browsed and is linked to related categories in an interconnected [[hierarchy]] or web.

Try browsing the various categories below right now:

<p style="clear:both; margin:0 3px .8em 3px; font-variant: small-caps; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom:.2em; font-size: 105%;">
[[:Category:Arts|Arts]] | [[:Category:Culture|Culture]] | [[:Category:Geography|Geography]] | [[:Category:History|History]] | [[:Category:Mathematics|Mathematics]] | [[:Category:People|People]] | [[:Category:Philosophy|Philosophy]] | [[:Category:Science|Science]] | [[:Category:Society|Society]] | [[:Category:Technology|Technology]]</p>

For more information about using this feature, see [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories]].

==Other useful buttons and panels==
[[Image:Wikipedia basic navigation.png|center|555px|alt=User options include "my preferences" and "my watchlist". Top tabs include "discussion" and "history". The sidebar includes "Main page" and "Community Portal". The toolbox includes "What links here" and "Related changes".]]

===Sidebar (left) ===
To the left side of each article are some standard options for navigation and interaction, for tools, and, on some articles, for languages:

Navigation options:
* [[Main page]] - the English Wikipedia home page
* [[Wikipedia:Contents|Contents]] - an index of the various ways to find content within Wikipedia
* [[Wikipedia:Featured content|Featured content]] - a selection of the best of what Wikipedia has to offer
* [[Portal:Current events|Current events]] - latest world news reported within the Wikipedia community
* [[Special:Random|Random article]] - lucky dip, if you're ever bored or want to learn something new!

Search box - allows you to search other articles across the whole of Wikipedia.

Interaction options:
* [[Wikipedia:About|About Wikipedia]] - an introduction to the Wikipedia project for visitors
* [[wikipedia:Community Portal|Community portal]] - as a community building an encyclopedia, Wikipedia has a portal for users, giving easy access to many of the useful pages within Wikipedia
* [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] - articles that are being edited at this moment
* [[Wikipedia:Contact us|Contact Wikipedia]]
* [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising Donate to Wikipedia]
* [[Help:Contents|Help]] - the main menu for all the help pages

Toolbox options:
* [[Special:WhatLinksHere|What links here]] - useful for tracing where this article is referenced from
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked|Related changes]] - list of changes made recently to pages linked from the specified page
* [[Wikipedia:Upload|Upload file]] - help with properly uploading images and other files to Wikipedia
* [[Special:SpecialPages|Special pages]] - all the special functions and administration options can be found here
* Printable version - displays the article by itself, without all the site navigation. See [[Help:Printable]] for details.
* Permanent link - used to [[Help:Page history#Linking to a specific version of a page|link to a specific version of a page]]. See [[Permalink]] for an encyclopedic explanation of permanent links.
* Cite this page - generates a set of copyable sample citations for the article, in different styles

Other languages - if an article exists on the same subject in any of the other hundred languages in Wikipedia, it should usually appear on a list of other language links in the sidebar too.

=== Top tabs (above the article) ===
Each page in Wikipedia contains an article, and a discussion page (usually called "Talk...")

You can see these above: the article is labelled "project page", the discussion page is the tab to the right of it. These are treated as two separate pages in Wikipedia, but are shown side by side on the tab bar, for ease of use.

Whether you are looking at the article or project page, or the discussion page, you will see there is a button marked "edit this page", possibly a "new section" button, and a button labelled "watch" or "unwatch".

* edit this page - this is the key to contributing to Wikipedia. When you click this button, you change from viewing an article or discussion about an article, to being able to edit the article, or add comments to the discussion that is going on.
*:Occasionally, pages that are important or may be vandalized are locked, in which case the "edit" will show "view source", and you will not be able to edit the article at that time.
*:Page editing is simple with Wikipedia, and you cannot harm a page if you make a mistake, since all changes can be undone. This is part of Wikipedia's vandal protection.
* "new section" - adds a new section to a discussion page, without changing what is already there.
* history - All editable pages on Wikipedia have an associated page history, which consists of the old versions of the wikitext, as well as a record of the date and time (in UTC) of every edit, the username or IP address of the user who wrote it, and their edit summary. See [[Help:Page history]] for details.
* watch/unwatch - adds or removes a page from your watchlist, the list of pages you are tracking. You can view your watchlist with the user option button "my watchlist" at the top right of the screen. See [[Help:Watching pages]] for details.

=== User options (top right) ===
These control your user account. To create a user account you only need to choose a name and a password. An email address is optional and only used for password reminders.

Unless you create an account you will not be able to customize Wikipedia preferences for yourself. Almost all experienced editors use an account in order to ensure [[accountability]].

The user options also include links to view your watchlist (articles you are tracking), and contributions you have made.