Wikimedia account

A Wikimedia user account can be used on any Wikimedia platform (Wikipedia being the best known, or this one).

• SUL (single user login) is implemented for the core systems. You can configure your user preferences (global and local).
• OAuth (Open Authorisation) is used to login into Wikimedia related (non core) applications.

Functionality

• Update your preferences
• List your contributions
• Communicate with other volonteers
• Maintain a user home page
• Participate with elections

Global user preferences

Global user preferences are valid for all projects:

• Global user pages, inherited by other Wikimedia platforms, as a default
• Configure your global preferences
  1. Display preview below - Uncheck: Display preview above edit field
     • Could instead use interactive Preview mode;
     • or use the Visual editor.
• Configure your global CSS style
  • Style (size, colour) of headers
  • Redirect coloring
  • Hide some sections (e.g. section edit)
  • Enable external functions like Copyright violation check

Local preferences

• Set preferences per platform or language, to override global settings
• CSS per platform
• CSS per skin
• Local Gadgets like: ORES, Real-Time Recent Changes (RTRC)
• Browser extensions, like Who Wrote That?

Security

• Logout: when you logout in one browser, you need login again anywhere...
• For user accounts with increased rights you require a one-time token.

Missing functionality

• Global signature (the signature must be configured for each platform separately).

See also

• MediaWiki (application GUI)
• Login
• Create account

External links

• https://wikipedia.be