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The preferences dialog allows you to personalize some aspects of a [[m:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] wiki. They will apply only when you are [[Help:Logging in|logged in]]. The default wiki sysop admin login name is: WikiSysop.

 

Some MediaWiki projects form a family in the sense that one logs in into the family as a whole, and that common preference settings apply. Notably this is the case for the more than 1000  [[w:en:Wikia|Wikia]] projects. On Wikimedia projects logging in and setting preferences are currently done separately on each wiki. You may find it convenient to specify the same preferences on each wiki that you use, but this is not necessary. See also [[m:Single signon transition|Single signon transition]].

The preferences dialog allows you to personalize some aspects of a [[Directory:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] wiki. They will apply only when you are [[Help:Logging in|logged in]]. The default wiki sysop admin login name is: WikiSysop.

== User data ==

== User data ==

==== Raw signatures ====

==== Raw signatures ====

However, there is even more versatility. You can use any text as your nickname.  

However, there is even more versatility. You can use any text as your nickname.  

From [[m:MediaWiki 1.5|MediaWiki 1.5]] the behaviour of signatures has changed.  In older versions of MediaWiki, wiki and HTML markup could be entered in signatures, even without "Raw signatures" being checked.  So entering "<nowiki>]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk</nowiki>" as your signature would have also included a link to your talk page in your signature, producing an effect similar to: "[[User:Name|Name]] &#124; [[User talk:Name|Talk]]".  This is now no longer the case.

From MediaWiki 1.5 the behaviour of signatures has changed.  In older versions of MediaWiki, wiki and HTML markup could be entered in signatures, even without "Raw signatures" being checked.  So entering "<nowiki>]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk</nowiki>" as your signature would have also included a link to your talk page in your signature, producing an effect similar to: "[[User:Name|Name]] &#124; [[User talk:Name|Talk]]".  This is now no longer the case.

If "Raw signatures (without automatic link)" is unchecked, then

If "Raw signatures (without automatic link)" is unchecked, then

==== Signature content ====

==== Signature content ====

Check the rules of your project (for example, for the English Wikipedia see [[w:Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages]]) and note that:

Note that:

*using another nickname than your username is confusing (the page history shows your username, not your nickname)

*using another nickname than your username is confusing (the page history shows your username, not your nickname)

*if you show your username as an image, or with letters replaced by special characters, even if the name is still readable, searching a talk page for your username will fail   

*if you show your username as an image, or with letters replaced by special characters, even if the name is still readable, searching a talk page for your username will fail   

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* '''Time diff'''. This is the number of hours to be added or subtracted from [[w:UTC|UTC]] to find your [[w:time zone|time zone]]. This time zone is used when calculating displayed page update timestamps, and may become temporarily incorrect from time to time if you observe [[w:daylight saving time|daylight saving time]] -- don't forget to update it to match ''your'' local time, because the Wiki doesn't know where you are or precisely when you celebrate DST. (Also, the server's clock may be slightly offset from reality, much as Wikipedia articles may be.) A scattering of typical (and possibly incorrect!) time diff values are below. If yours isn't listed, try [http://www.timeanddate.com/time/abbreviations.html this link] or add and subtract a few hours as needed.

* '''Time diff'''. This is the number of hours to be added or subtracted from [[w:UTC|UTC]] to find your [[w:time zone|time zone]]. This time zone is used when calculating displayed page update timestamps, and may become temporarily incorrect from time to time if you observe [[w:daylight saving time|daylight saving time]] -- don't forget to update it to match ''your'' local time, because the Wiki doesn't know where you are or precisely when you celebrate DST. (Also, the server's clock may be slightly offset from reality, much as Wikipedia articles may be.) A scattering of typical (and possibly incorrect!) time diff values are below. If yours isn't listed, add and subtract a few hours as needed.

** -10 (DST -9) [[w:Hawaii|Hawaii]], western [[w:Aleutian Islands|Aleutians]] ([[w:Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone|Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time]])

** -10 (DST -9) [[w:Hawaii|Hawaii]], western [[w:Aleutian Islands|Aleutians]] ([[w:Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone|Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time]])

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Special:Allmessages]] - see terms starting with "tog"

*[[Special:Allmessages]] - see terms starting with "tog"