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Creating an account does not require any personal information other than what you want to provide. A nickname and a password are the only two things that are absolutely necessary. Providing an email address will, however, allow you to retrieve your password if you forget it, as well as being notified of certain changes related to the articles you are monitoring or to your account (new messages, for example), if you do so. wish. Respecting your privacy is very important to [https://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia], which has a very strict policy on this subject. | Creating an account does not require any personal information other than what you want to provide. A nickname and a password are the only two things that are absolutely necessary. Providing an email address will, however, allow you to retrieve your password if you forget it, as well as being notified of certain changes related to the articles you are monitoring or to your account (new messages, for example), if you do so. wish. Respecting your privacy is very important to [https://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia], which has a very strict policy on this subject. | ||
− | An account does not allow formalizing a "right to contribute": Wikipedia rules (citation of sources) apply rather than [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia: | + | An account does not allow formalizing a "right to contribute": Wikipedia rules (citation of sources) apply rather than "[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Authority argument|argument d authority]). In addition, people paid to write an article or in conflict of interest must declare it. |
Finally, it is obvious that the creation of an account intended solely for [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalize]] encyclopedic content is not tolerated. The accumulation of acts of vandalism on the part of a newly created account will therefore necessarily increase the chances that it will be [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Banishment|banned]] as soon as possible. Often, a few malicious contributions in a few minutes are enough for a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Administrator|administrator]] to decide on a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:BLOCK|permanent block]] of an "Account created for vandalize ”. | Finally, it is obvious that the creation of an account intended solely for [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalize]] encyclopedic content is not tolerated. The accumulation of acts of vandalism on the part of a newly created account will therefore necessarily increase the chances that it will be [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Banishment|banned]] as soon as possible. Often, a few malicious contributions in a few minutes are enough for a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Administrator|administrator]] to decide on a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:BLOCK|permanent block]] of an "Account created for vandalize ”. |