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Jnc: /* Getting an account */ Like real names

2025-10-01T14:47:29Z

‎Getting an account: Like real names

Jnc: /* Getting an account */ Duhh, 'Preferences' is everywhere

2025-09-17T14:18:41Z

‎Getting an account: Duhh, 'Preferences' is everywhere

Jnc: /* Getting an account */ Update sig

2025-09-17T12:49:52Z

‎Getting an account: Update sig

Jnc: /* Getting an account */ Unbound free variable

2025-09-17T12:45:42Z

‎Getting an account: Unbound free variable

Jnc: /* Getting an account */ More about GMail case

2025-09-17T07:48:14Z

‎Getting an account: More about GMail case

Jnc: /* Getting an account */ GMail doesn't work

2025-09-16T23:50:59Z

‎Getting an account: GMail doesn't work

Jnc: We also don't require the detailed sourcing that Wikipedia does

2024-04-24T17:13:34Z

We also don't require the detailed sourcing that Wikipedia does

Jnc: Add link

2024-04-06T15:50:52Z

Add link

Jnc: +Category:Standards

2024-01-13T15:07:58Z

+Category:Standards

Jnc: /* Need Ideas? */ Getting rid of red links in nav temple changed the top entries in Special:WantedPages

2024-01-10T19:28:12Z

‎Need Ideas?: Getting rid of red links in nav temple changed the top entries in Special:WantedPages

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 ==Getting an account==
-As mentioned, due to past problems with spam, you need an account to edit, and admins have to manually create accounts. [[User:Toresbe|Tore]], who handles requests for accounts filed via the system, is often busy, but I too am happy to create accounts - just email me (jnc at alum dot mit dot edu). Please let me know your name, what account name you'd like, and what email address to associate with it (preferably not GMail, as it won't accept email from here), and I'll try and get right to it.
+As mentioned, due to past problems with spam, you need an account to edit, and admins have to manually create accounts. [[User:Toresbe|Tore]], who handles requests for accounts filed via the system, is often busy, but I too am happy to create accounts - just email me (jnc at alum dot mit dot edu). Please let me know your real name (I personally do ''not'' like the anonymity which has become the fashion on the Internet; I think it's a big factor in it's current toxicity), what account name you'd like, and what email address to associate with it (preferably not GMail, as it currently won't accept email from here), and I'll try and get right to it.
-The system will then normally automatically send you an email with a temporary password; if you used GMail, I'll have to manually send you a password, which you can later change. (Go to 'Preferences' (in the upper right hand corner), and then to 'Change password'.) If you don't see the automatic message, and I have sent you an acknowledgement, check your spam-traps: we've had issues with that. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 12:49, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
+The system will then normally automatically send you an email with a temporary password; if you used GMail, I'll have to manually send you a temporary password, which you can later change. (Go to 'Preferences' (in the upper right hand corner), and then to 'Change password'.) If you don't see the automatic message, and I have sent you an acknowledgement, check your spam-traps: we've had issues with that. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 12:49, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
 ==Need Ideas?==

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 As mentioned, due to past problems with spam, you need an account to edit, and admins have to manually create accounts. [[User:Toresbe|Tore]], who handles requests for accounts filed via the system, is often busy, but I too am happy to create accounts - just email me (jnc at alum dot mit dot edu). Please let me know your name, what account name you'd like, and what email address to associate with it (preferably not GMail, as it won't accept email from here), and I'll try and get right to it.
-The system will then normally automatically send you an email with a temporary password; if you used GMail, I'll have to manually send you a password, which you can change. (On your User: page, go to 'Preferences', and 'Change password'.) If you don't see the automatic message, and I have sent you an acknowledgement, check your spam-traps: we've had issues with that. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 12:49, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
+The system will then normally automatically send you an email with a temporary password; if you used GMail, I'll have to manually send you a password, which you can later change. (Go to 'Preferences' (in the upper right hand corner), and then to 'Change password'.) If you don't see the automatic message, and I have sent you an acknowledgement, check your spam-traps: we've had issues with that. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 12:49, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
 ==Need Ideas?==

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 As mentioned, due to past problems with spam, you need an account to edit, and admins have to manually create accounts. [[User:Toresbe|Tore]], who handles requests for accounts filed via the system, is often busy, but I too am happy to create accounts - just email me (jnc at alum dot mit dot edu). Please let me know your name, what account name you'd like, and what email address to associate with it (preferably not GMail, as it won't accept email from here), and I'll try and get right to it.
-The system will then normally automatically send you an email with a temporary password; if you used GMail, I'll have to manually send you a password, which you can change. (On your User: page, go to 'Preferences', and 'Change password'.) If you don't see the automatic message, and I have sent you an acknowledgement, check your spam-traps: we've had issues with that. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 15:33, 22 October 2017 (CEST)
+The system will then normally automatically send you an email with a temporary password; if you used GMail, I'll have to manually send you a password, which you can change. (On your User: page, go to 'Preferences', and 'Change password'.) If you don't see the automatic message, and I have sent you an acknowledgement, check your spam-traps: we've had issues with that. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 12:49, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
 ==Need Ideas?==

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 As mentioned, due to past problems with spam, you need an account to edit, and admins have to manually create accounts. [[User:Toresbe|Tore]], who handles requests for accounts filed via the system, is often busy, but I too am happy to create accounts - just email me (jnc at alum dot mit dot edu). Please let me know your name, what account name you'd like, and what email address to associate with it (preferably not GMail, as it won't accept email from here), and I'll try and get right to it.
-The system will then normally automatically send you an email with a temporary password; if you used GMail, I'll have to manually send you a password, which you can change. (On your User: page, go to 'Preferences', and 'Change password'.) If you don't see the automatic one, and I have sent you an acknowledgement, check your spam-traps: we've had issues with that. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 15:33, 22 October 2017 (CEST)
+The system will then normally automatically send you an email with a temporary password; if you used GMail, I'll have to manually send you a password, which you can change. (On your User: page, go to 'Preferences', and 'Change password'.) If you don't see the automatic message, and I have sent you an acknowledgement, check your spam-traps: we've had issues with that. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 15:33, 22 October 2017 (CEST)
 ==Need Ideas?==

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 ==Getting an account==
-As mentioned, due to past problems with spam, you need an account to edit, and admins have to manually create accounts. [[User:Toresbe|Tore]], who handles requests for accounts filed via the system, is often busy, but I too am happy to create accounts - just email me (jnc at alum dot mit dot edu). Please let me know your name, what account name you'd like, and what email address to associate with it (preferably not GMail, as it won't accept email from here), and I'll try and get right to it. The system will normally send you an email with a temporary password; if you don't see it, and I have sent you an acknowledgement, check your spam-traps: we've had issues with that. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 15:33, 22 October 2017 (CEST)
+As mentioned, due to past problems with spam, you need an account to edit, and admins have to manually create accounts. [[User:Toresbe|Tore]], who handles requests for accounts filed via the system, is often busy, but I too am happy to create accounts - just email me (jnc at alum dot mit dot edu). Please let me know your name, what account name you'd like, and what email address to associate with it (preferably not GMail, as it won't accept email from here), and I'll try and get right to it.
 ==Need Ideas?==

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 ==Introduction by the Administrators==
-This wiki is an experiment to create a means for knowledgeable people to enter their information into some kind of a knowledge base.  This is however, not the relatively formalized tone and style imposed by Wikipedia. Sentences starting with "I seem to recall" are perfectly welcome here - and articles do '''not''' have to be in the descriptive, encyclopedic style Wikipedia enforces. On the contrary, it is ''preferred'' that many of the articles be references, guides, helpful hints, suggestions, [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials]] and so on.
+This wiki is an experiment to create a means for knowledgeable people to enter their information into some kind of a knowledge base.  This is however, not the relatively formalized tone and style imposed by Wikipedia; we also don't require the detailed sourcing that Wikipedia does. Sentences starting with "I seem to recall" are perfectly welcome here - and articles do '''not''' have to be in the descriptive, encyclopedic style Wikipedia enforces. On the contrary, it is ''preferred'' that many of the articles be references, guides, helpful hints, suggestions, [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials]] and so on.
 If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, '''please, contribute it'''.  We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one.  We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowledge may be; it is meant to be all-encompassing.  -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)

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 [[:Category:Standards|Standards]] • [[:Category:Organizations|Organizations]] • [[:Category:History|History]]<br>[[:Category:Documentation|Documentation]] • [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]] • [[Resources|Other Resources]]</big>
-For an introduction to Computer History Wiki conventions, and MediaWiki syntax (if you want to help add content), please see [[Help:Contents|Help]].
+For an introduction to Computer History Wiki conventions, and [[Help:Basic MediaWiki Syntax|MediaWiki syntax]] (if you want to help add content), please see [[Help:Contents|Help]].
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 Currently, we've got [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles, with {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits!
-<big> [[:Category:Basics|Basics]] • [[:Category:Hardware|Hardware]] • [[:Category:Computers|Systems]] • [[:Category:Peripherals|Peripherals]] • [[:Category:Software|Software]] •  [[:Category:Networking|Networking]]<br> [[:Category:Organizations|Organizations]] • [[:Category:Documentation|Documentation]] • [[:Category:History|History]] • [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]] • [[Resources|Other Resources]]</big>
+<big> [[:Category:Basics|Basics]] • [[:Category:Hardware|Hardware]] • [[:Category:Computers|Systems]] • [[:Category:Peripherals|Peripherals]] • [[:Category:Software|Software]] • [[:Category:Networking|Networking]]<br>
 For an introduction to Computer History Wiki conventions, and MediaWiki syntax (if you want to help add content), please see [[Help:Contents|Help]].

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 ==Need Ideas?==
-If you're not sure what to add, the [[Special:WantedPages|Wanted pages]] page (also available through a link in the top left-hand corner) is always a good place to start! Right at the moment, several [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] pages are top of the list. So if you have any expertise in those, please weigh in! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 21:44, 2 August 2017 (CEST)
+If you're not sure what to add, the [[Special:WantedPages|Wanted pages]] page (also available through a link in the top left-hand corner) is always a good place to start! If you have any expertise in any of them, please weigh in! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 21:44, 2 August 2017 (CEST)
 The other thing you could do is fill out a stub article. (These are articles that need improving, by having more information added to them. They're a perfectly good start for a great article, they just haven't grown up yet.) You can find a list of them [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Stub|here]]. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 23:10, 17 December 2018 (CET)