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-- Tm93 (talk) 23:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Here's the standard welcome message we send new users (sorry if you got missed out) which has the above links and some useful advice:

Hello, Tm93, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! ➨ ЯEDVEЯS used to be a sweet boy 09:08, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme}} I have accounts on a couple of wikis. I believe I read somewhere that I can make my account a global account. How do I go about doing this? Do I go to each wiki and do something or is there something else I do? Or maybe I'm confused about what a global account even is? Please clear. Thanks. ⊥m93 ^talk. 05:22, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! You're referring to single unified login. You can manage your global account by clicking "My preferences" in the top right and scrolling down a bit to find "Manage my global account." There you will find instructions, which mostly consist of you entering your password for the other wikis and verifying that wikis you've never created an account on do not currently have an account with that name. Hope that helps. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 06:10, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I "re-instated" this helpme tag. I did the login unification from the "My preferences", but it needed to confirm different wikis across the Wikimedia Foundation. I was able to confirm all but the Hungarian Wikipedia. So I went and checked it out... Apparently there is someone with an account with the same name as mine. They have made 3 contributions as can be seen here; all of which were made February 21, 2009, (almost a year ago). So what do I do now? What are my options? What makes it even more tough is that its in another language that I don't understand. I used google's translate to understand it. Thanks. ⊥m93 ^talk. 01:18, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you will have to go through the usurping process on that Wikipedia, unfortunately.  fetchcomms☛ 01:20, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

To usurp an account in the Hungarian Wikipedia you can try adding a message to this page: hu:Wikipédia:Kocsmafal (egyéb). Just click the plus at the top as you would do on any talk page and write a message in English.

Unfortunately, i am not sure that they will let you usurp it, even if that account made only three unimportant edits, but you can try it. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 07:41, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They should in most cases, because SUL takes precedence.  fetchcomms☛ 13:47, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My reasoning for even asking is this. When I went to start my global account through the "my preferences" link, it asked me to confirm the other accounts. I could confirm all of them, but the Hungarian WikiPedia. I couldn't do this because someone had already created an account with that name. What makes things more difficult is the fact that they have made 3 contributions. I'm not sure how significant those edits were or were not because I don't speak hungarian. I have a link from Google that translates it into English, but I can't speak it; let alone type it. But anyways... that's the reason I'm trying to request that username to be changed so that mine would stay Tm93. Once that username is clear, I can begin to use my global account. I am just unsure as to how exactly I request for that username to be changed. ⊥m93 ^talk. 23:07, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As with pretty much anything in Wikipedia, be bold: Simply go to hu:Wikipédia:Kocsmafal (egyéb) click the plus at the top and ask to usurp the account with that name. They specifically say there, in English, that you can write English on that page. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 23:12, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

done. Hopefully I followed the steps properly. Wannaglobal (talk) 01:05, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

woops.... somehow I was signed in as the username on the Hungarian WP... uhhh... ok that was confusing. ⊥m93 ^talk. 01:17, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How long of a waiting period do I need to have before I can assume that the User (for which I am requesting a USURP) is not going to reply and therefore allowing me permission to ask a Bureaucrat to USURP? ⊥m93 ^talk. 01:08, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

^^ The {{talkback}} tag refers to the statement above. ^^ ⊥m93 ^talk. 03:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know. Try asking again at the same page. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 17:05, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there. This is an automated message to tell you about the gradual phasing out of the preference entitled "Mark all edits minor by default", which you currently have (or very recently had) enabled.

On 13 March 2011, this preference was hidden from the user preferences screen as part of efforts to prevent its accidental misuse (consensus discussion). This had the effect of locking users in to their existing preference, which, in your case, was true. To complete the process, your preference will automatically be changed to false in the next few days. This does not require any intervention on your part and you will still be able to manually mark your edits as being minor in the usual way.

For established users such as yourself there is a workaround available involving custom JavaScript. With the script in place, you can continue with this functionality indefinitely (its use is governed by WP:MINOR). If you have any problems, feel free to drop me a note.

Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 19:54, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This means you. --Tagishsimon (talk) 12:06, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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