Encyclopedia Dramatica:User preferences help
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User Data
Real Name
You should have learnt this a long time ago
Teh place that internets message come directed to you
Nickname
What you sign comments with, you can make this more interesting a basic mod would be something like Username]] [[User Talk:Username|Talk which gives "Username Talk 14:20, 12 June 2006 (UTC)" when you sign a comment on a talk page
Actually, disregard that. Close the brackets and check raw signatures or you will be b0rked under the new MediaWiki.
Language
This wiki is in the american language, if you do not speak it GTFO
Change Password
Type your password in the first box, and penis in the other two. "Remember across sessions" means you don't have to type it in every time you go on Encyclopædia Dramatica
- You must verify your email to use these options
Choose when to get email from ED, if you select to recieve email notification of every single minor edit, you are a fucktard.
Skin
MonoBook
The default, what the wiki looks like
Simple
Does your browser suck? Use this.
Everything else
Crap, don't bother.
Files
Choose how large you want images to display, default works fine.
Date format
If you pick anything other than "no preference" then you are too picky and will never get a girlfriend
Time zone
Click the "Fill in from browser" and Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] will have the correct time for you
Editing
TL;DR. Important options:
Enable section editing via [edit] links
They get in the way, but are handy.
Show edit toolbar
Little buttons for quick access to stuff
Add pages you edit to your watchlist
Keep track of stuff you have done... every single thing. This is pointless because if you make enough minor corrections you will have 6,864 articles on your watchlist
Recent changes & stubs
Search
Misc
Underline links
Just go browser default, why? Why not?
Broken links
Uncheck this if you are hate the colour red
Justify paragraphs
Make everything straight when you read articles.
Auto-number headings
Put little numbers everywhere
Show table of contents
Hmmm... well... this... shows... the... um... table... of... errr... contents
Disable page caching
Stops pages from caching, kinda obvious.
