Help:Logging in

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Logging in is not required for viewing pages. However, to edit The Cycle: Frontier Wiki, you must have an account. Edits you make are recorded under your username.

Creating a user account requires a username and a password.

The system will reject a username that is already in use and some offensive or obscure names.

Why do I need an account?

 * Other users will be able to recognize you by your username when you make changes to pages.
 * You will have your own user page where you can write a bit about yourself, and a user talk which you can use to communicate with other users.
 * You will be able to keep track of changes to pages you are interested in using a watchlist.
 * You don't have to give your email address if you don't want to. But if you choose to give an email address, you will be able to do the following:
 * Reset your password if you forget it,
 * Receive automatic notifications of certain events, if set in your preferences,
 * Receive emails from other users if so set in your preferences (the user who emails you will not know your email address),
 * Email other users and admins if they want as above (your email address will be disclosed on any email you send).


 * You will be able to set your own preferences, to change things such as:
 * The number of pages displayed in recent changes
 * The fonts, colors and layout of the site, by using different skins.

How to log in
First, make sure that your browser accepts cookies. Some browsers can accept or reject cookies from individual sites; users of these should configure the browser to accept cookies from each wiki you plan to edit, such as wikipedia.org.

Click on the "Log in" link at the bottom left of the page. You will then be prompted to enter your username and password. If you haven't logged in before, you will need to use the link provided to create an account. You may give your email address if you like.

If you check the box "Keep me logged in", you will not have to give your password again when you access The Cycle: Frontier Wiki from the same computer.

The  URL parameter specifies the page to redirect back to after logging in.

Log in problems

 * If you appear to be able to log in, but as soon as you try to look at a page you appear logged out again, it is very likely to be a cookie problem.
 * If you are certain that cookies are enabled, make sure that you haven't inadvertently listed the wiki's domain on a list of sites for which cookies are never allowed: this feature is available in all recent browsers.
 * Also make sure your computer's date and time are set correctly; if they are not, cookies may expire before they are supposed to.
 * Note that some firewall and ad-blocking software may interfere with the cookie that the wiki uses to keep a person logged in.


 * A user may occasionally find themself "automatically" logged out in between beginning an edit and saving it, or when switching between multiple pages open in multiple windows.
 * This can be a result of your browser's cookie, cache, or firewall settings.
 * Regardless of the reason for the logout, the simplest solution to the problem is to check the "Keep me logged in" box.
 * If you do this on a computer that can be accessed by more than one person (i.e. at the library, at work, at school), please delete your The Cycle: Frontier Wiki cookies after your editing session.

What if I forget the password or username?

 * Your username is case sensitive.
 * If you enter an email address when signing up for the account, or in your Preferences, you can make a request on the login screen for a temporary password to be sent to that address, which will allow you to retrieve your account.
 * If you did not enter an email address, or the address was out of date, you will have to create a new account under a different username, or, contact a Bureaucrat.
 * If your old account had edits, you must notify an admin. If a user page and user talk page were created for the old account, it is we will make them redirect to the equivalent pages for the new account.

How to log out

 * You can log out any time by clicking on the "Log out" link at the bottom left of the page.
 * To prevent the browser from remembering your username and suggesting it to the next user of the computer, remember to delete the wiki's cookies in your browser's privacy settings.
 * Especially if you are using a public computer, you may want to delete all of the browser's recent history.