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{{GUIDEPAGE}}
=== Getting started ===
=== Getting started ===
==== Accounts and contributor bio pages ====
==== Accounts and contributor bio pages ====
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* any phone number, email or social media accounts you want to include
* any phone number, email or social media accounts you want to include
Those who supply no photo will have a generic profile graphic displayed. As a matter of style and for consistency of tone, lawyers are referred to in the third person and by their first name. The Clicklaw Wikibooks coordinator may edit bios for length and tone.<br />
Those who supply no photo will have a generic profile graphic displayed. As a matter of style and for consistency of tone, lawyers are referred to in the third person and by their first name. The Clicklaw Wikibooks coordinator may edit bios for length and tone.<br />
==== Authors, editors and reviewers ====
Clicklaw Wikibooks houses content for several organizations with publications. Each publication, or wikibook title, may have its own culture and arrangement with people tasked with updating it. An partner organization's work will be carried out by contributors, and these people might be staff of that organization with no wiki skills, freelance contractors who've done wiki work before, or volunteer lawyers, judges, advocates, etc. with a wide range of ability. Some wikibooks, such as those produced by [http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php?title=People%27s_Law_School Peoples Law School], are administered by a small team of editors only, while other wikibooks, such as [[http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php?title=JP_Boyd_on_Family_Law|JP Boyd on Family Law]], involve [[Category:JP_Boyd_on_Family_Law_Contributors|numerous collaborators]] all of who are volunteers.<br />


==== Logging in to your new account ====
==== Logging in to your new account ====
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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).
   
   
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==== 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.
   
 
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===== 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
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