Help:User pages
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A user page is a page about a registered user on waterwiki, who is (most probably) a contributor. If you have registered, you can create your own user page. Any user with a undp email address can log in to the wiki.
For other "invited guest", log in as a Wiki Sysop, then return to Special:Userlogin. Fill in all the fields with the new account details, and submit. You have now created the new account. Pass on the login/password details to the new user
Once you are a registered user, your user page is linked in the top right. More importantly, others will see links to your user page from various places which assist wiki collaboration. This includes the 'Recent changes' and page 'history' displays (See Tracking changes). You can also link to your user page within text of a wiki page, which is mainly useful on talk pages when you sign your name.
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What to put on your user page
User pages are just as flexible as any other wiki page, and it's a page all about you, so generally people will leave you to freely write your user page in whatever format you like. Think of it as a facebook-esque 'profile' page. It's a feature to help other people know who you are, and to bring the online water community of practice closer together.
User Contributions
When viewing another person's user page, an additional link "user contributions" appears. This takes you to a list of all of this user's wiki edits. Use this to get an idea of how prolific a contributor somebody is, or to track down edits made by a user who is causing trouble/making bad wiki edits.
Alternatively, you can view the wiki activity of a particular user, by using the following URL. Just replace "Userlogin" with the user name you wish to check. (The user name is case sensitive)
http://europeandcis.undp.org/WaterWiki/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Userlogin
Editing someone else's page
It's generally considered bad etiquette to rewrite or reword another person's user page. Editing is not disallowed, but you should avoid adding information (or especially opinions) which might be misinterpreted as coming from that user. However, the following edit types are widely acceptable:
- Fixing wiki links, when a page has been moved or deleted
- Fixing broken external links
- Categorizing or fixing categories of user pages.
User talk pages
Every user page has an associated talk page; a "user talk page". This is a special kind of talk page, for leaving messages directed at a particular user (see Talk Pages).
