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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). | ||
[[File:Logging_in_to_your_new_account.png | border|link=]] | |||
==== Setting up your Watchlist and alerts ==== | ==== Setting up your Watchlist and alerts ==== | ||
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. 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. | ||
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===== Adding pages to watchlist ===== | ===== Adding pages to watchlist ===== | ||
To add a page to your watchlist you must be logged in. From the page you wish to add, click the star icon beside the "History" tab. | To add a page to your watchlist you must be logged in. From the page you wish to add, click the star icon beside the "History" tab. <br />[[File:Adding_a_page_to_the_watchlist.png |border| 900px | link=]] | ||
===== View your watchlist ===== | ===== View your watchlist ===== | ||
Access the [[Special:Watchlist|Watchlist]] from the top menu, or from the left menu. Once you are on the My Watchlist page, see the list of recent changes from the last several days. | Access the [[Special:Watchlist|Watchlist]] from the top menu, or from the left menu. Once you are on the My Watchlist page, see the list of recent changes from the last several days. | ||
[[File:Viewing_the_watchlist.png |border| 900px | link=]] | |||
===== Edit your watchlist ===== | ===== Edit your watchlist ===== | ||
Delete pages you no longer want to watch or receive notifications about. Check the box beside the name of the page you want to delete from the watchlist, then click "Remove titles". The pages will be deleted from the watchlist only, not from the wiki. | Delete pages you no longer want to watch or receive notifications about. Check the box beside the name of the page you want to delete from the watchlist, then click "Remove titles". The pages will be deleted from the watchlist only, not from the wiki. | ||
[[File:Changing_the_watchlist.png |border| 900px | link=]] | |||
===== Email notifications for watchlist ===== | ===== Email notifications for watchlist ===== | ||
To enable email notification, which will let you know as soon as an edit is made to a page you watch, select "Preferences" from the top menu, select the "User profile" tab, then at the bottom under "E-mail options" select "E-mail me when a page or a file on my watchlist is changed." You can also control notifications about changes to your user talk page through this menu. | To enable email notification, which will let you know as soon as an edit is made to a page you watch, select "Preferences" from the top menu, select the "User profile" tab, then at the bottom under "E-mail options" select "E-mail me when a page or a file on my watchlist is changed." You can also control notifications about changes to your user talk page through this menu. | ||
[[File:Email_notification_watchlist.png |border| 900px | link=]] | |||
Note: Email alerts will happen when pages are altered by another editor, however feedback left by visitors to the site will not generate an email alert. To see feedback from your watched pages while logged in, visit: http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php?title=Special:ArticleFeedbackv5Watchlist | Note: Email alerts will happen when pages are altered by another editor, however feedback left by visitors to the site will not generate an email alert. To see feedback from your watched pages while logged in, visit: http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php?title=Special:ArticleFeedbackv5Watchlist | ||