Help:Preferences

Feature requests can be made, and bugs reported, as described at . The current set of preferences are largely the result of issues raised by newcomers at places such as the Village pump, and driven by regulars who hold long discussions and collectively drive issues.

The Preferences page is accessible when you are logged-in, but you must have JavaScript enabled in your browser, since the page and all its tabs are an extensive JavaScript application.

You do not need to click Save on every tab on the Preferences page, as the Save button affects all changes on all Preferences tabs. You can go from tab to tab setting all your preferences before saving, because Save remembers your changes on the other tabs. To forget unsaved changes, simply leave the page without saving. If you wish to undo your saved changes, you will need to reset them manually.

The default settings are aimed at newcomers editing articles. Intermediate editors tend to activate more features, such as "warn me if I forgot an edit summary", and advanced editors and administrators use the special settings, gadgets and editors for their tasks.

Change the web browser experience.

Two editing toolbars are offered that will span the top of the edit box. ( shows versions.)

To use more of your favorite text editor instead of just the edit box and toolbars, see . Also see the Gadgets tab.

The watchlist has even more finely tuned preferences, because like the edit window, it is often a core tool for editors.

These settings are for advanced editors who have a detailed understanding of the five pillars and of the templates used to mark judgments on the page. Pending changes refers to the style of the presentation of

For an example of a page history showing the pending changes feature, click on the history of a page listed at .

The watchlist options include which pages, and what "recent" means to you.

If your has "Email me when a page or file on my watchlist is changed" set, then only by visiting a page will you actually set its email notification flag.

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