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# Change your password to something secure that you will remember (if you need to find the Change Password page, it’s http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php?title=Special:ChangePassword).
# Change your password to something secure that you will remember (if you need to find the Change Password page, it’s http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php?title=Special:ChangePassword).
   
   
===== Setting up your Watchlist and alerts =====
==== Setting up your Watchlist and alerts ====
There are thousands of pages on Clicklaw Wikibooks, but are you responsible for more than half a dozen?
Click the star icon on all pages assigned to you (include your contributor bio page). This lets you monitor a page and know if someone changes it or leaves feedback. You will only need to do this once for all your pages at the account setup stage, and also ensure that your preferences are set to receive email alerts for changes.
Click the star icon on all pages assigned to you (include your contributor bio page). This lets you monitor a page and know if someone changes it or leaves feedback. Do this once for all your pages at the account setup stage, and also ensure that your preferences are set to receive email alerts for changes.
Steps for [http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php?title=Clicklaw_Wikibooks_Contributor_Guide#Adding_pages_to_watchlist adding pages to your watchlist] and [[Clicklaw_Wikibooks_Contributor_Guide#Email_notifications_for_watchlist|setting up email alerts for changes to pages on your watchlist]] are discussed below.<br />
Steps for [http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php?title=Clicklaw_Wikibooks_Contributor_Guide#Adding_pages_to_watchlist adding pages to your watchlist] and [[Clicklaw_Wikibooks_Contributor_Guide#Email_notifications_for_watchlist|setting up email alerts for changes to pages on your watchlist]] are discussed below.<br />


Organizations with one username and account for editing might handle dozens of pages, but organizations should still take this step.
Organizations with one username and account for editing might handle dozens of pages, but organizations should still take this step.<br />
 
==== Watchlist ====
Account holders, including all editors and contributors, have the option of adding pages to a watchlist so they can follow content they handle and receive a notification when the pages are altered. You receive email notifications ([[Clicklaw_Wikibooks_Contributor_Guide#Email_notification|see setting up email notification]]) or be shown an overview of the changes from the [[http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php?title=Special:Watchlist|Watchlist]] page.<br />




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