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An account on AboutUs helps to identify you as a unique member of the community and give attribution to your work. Being logged in allows you to customize your preferences, set your watchlist, track what pages you've worked on, upload images, and more.

How-to video

Creating an account is easy!

• At the upper-right hand corner of every page, you'll find a link that says Sign Up! - click this link.
• You should get a window that looks something like this:

Step-by-step

• Fill in:
  • what you see in the captcha (this shows that you are a person, not a machine)
  • your name
  • a password
  • your e-mail
• check the "Remember my login" box (if you aren't on a public computer)
• click Create account

See also

• Why create an account?
• Forgot your password?