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''Main help page: [[Help:Password]]'' | ''Main help page: [[Help:Password]]'' | ||
If you want to have safety against lost passwords, you can set | If you want to have safety against lost passwords, you can set a recovery e-mail address via the [https://settings.feministwiki.org/settings.html FeministWiki Account Settings] page. This e-mail address should '''not''' be your FeministWiki e-mail address (like ''janedoe@feministwiki.org''), because you need your FeministWiki password to access that one in the first place. (Chicken and egg problem.) The recovery e-mail address will be invisible to everyone except the FeministWiki technician. | ||
If it's very important for you to keep your identity private, and if you don't trust the technician or fear data leaks, then you can use an e-mail address that isn't tied to your real identity. Just make sure that you can always access the e-mail that you use for this purpose, as otherwise you will not be able to reset your password. | If it's very important for you to keep your identity private, and if you don't trust the technician or fear data leaks, then you can use an e-mail address that isn't tied to your real identity. Just make sure that you can always access the e-mail that you use for this purpose, as otherwise you will not be able to reset your password. | ||
'''Alternatively,''' you can contact the technician and ask for a manual password reset. You can reach the technician by sending an e-mail to admin@feministwiki.org, or by writing to [https://twitter.com/@FeministWiki @FeministWiki] on Twitter. | '''Alternatively,''' you can contact the technician and ask for a manual password reset. You can reach the technician by sending an e-mail to admin@feministwiki.org, or by writing to [https://twitter.com/@FeministWiki @FeministWiki] or [https://twitter.com/@FeministWiki2 @FeministWiki2] on Twitter. | ||
=== How does creating or editing wiki pages work? === | === How does creating or editing wiki pages work? === | ||
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=== How do I publish on the blog? === | === How do I publish on the blog? === | ||
''Blog front-page: https://blogs.feministwiki.org/'' | ''Blog front-page: https://blogs.feministwiki.org/'' | ||
If you want to publish articles on the FeministWiki blog, ask the technician by sending an e-mail to admin@feministwiki.org, or by contacting [https://twitter.com/@FeministWiki @FeministWiki] on Twitter, and your FeministWiki account will be granted the ability to publish on the blog. | If you want to publish articles on the FeministWiki blog, ask the technician by sending an e-mail to admin@feministwiki.org, or by contacting [https://twitter.com/@FeministWiki @FeministWiki] on Twitter, and your FeministWiki account will be granted the ability to publish on the blog. If you want, you can also get a personalized blog that you have full control over, under a name like "blogs.feministwiki.org/JaneDoe". | ||
The blog uses a self-hosted installation of the well-known blogging software [https://wordpress.com/features/ WordPress]. While the WordPress organization controls blogs that are hosted on their own servers, they also release the software behind their blogging system under a [https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software free software] license, | The blog uses a self-hosted installation of the well-known blogging software [https://wordpress.com/features/ WordPress]. While the WordPress organization controls blogs that are hosted on their own servers, they also release the software behind their blogging system under a [https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software free software] license, so anyone can install it on their own servers. The FeministWiki has such a local installation of that software, meaning that the WordPress organization has no control over what's published on the FeministWiki blog. As such, you don't need to fear censorship. | ||
For further information on | For further information on the FeministWiki blog, visit the blog front-page linked above. | ||
=== How do I use the file storage? === | === How do I use the file storage? === | ||
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For further details, see the help page linked above. | For further details, see the help page linked above. | ||
=== Wait what? You have an IRC server? === | |||
''Main help page: [[Help:IRC]]'' | |||
The FeministWiki offers an ''Internet Relay Chat'' server for those who have been using computers for a long time and feel especially nostalgic, or those among the younger generations who have re-discovered IRC. | |||
The server is only open to members. It rejects connections from those who can't authenticate with a valid FeministWiki username and password. The hostname is '''irc.feministwiki.org''' and only encrypted connections are accepted, on port 6697. To establish a connection, configure your IRC client so that your IRC nick is your FeministWiki username, and make your client use the rudimentary <code>PASS</code> authentication method with your FeministWiki password. (In most IRC clients this will simply correspond to a "password" text field that you fill out while configuring the connection.) | |||
=== I have a friend who wants to become a member! === | |||
''Interface: [https://settings.feministwiki.org/add-member.html Add a member]'' | |||
Every member of the FeministWiki can add further members. Currently the above-linked basic web interface is the way to do so. | |||
Simply fill out your own FeministWiki username and password, and then enter the desired username for the member you want to add. After you click the "Add member" button, the page will show some text saying that the operation was successful and show you an automatically generated password. Send the username and the generated password to the new member and inform them that they can change their password after logging in. | |||