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| The wiki is used primarily to keep all the information you need to know about the game's setting in one place (at game start anyway; as the game progresses the information may become out of date, and you will need to find in-game sources to keep up). Also, the wiki is used for players to submit their turnsheets, which is how we facilitate actions between sessions (see the page on [[downtime]]). | The wiki is used primarily to keep all the information you need to know about the game's setting in one place (at game start anyway; as the game progresses the information may become out of date, and you will need to find in-game sources to keep up). Also, the wiki is used for players to submit their turnsheets, which is how we facilitate actions between sessions (see the page on [[downtime]]). | ||
| - | You won't be able to edit most of the pages on the wiki - the GMs keep on top of that - but you will be able to edit the turnsheets and other pages in your user space, as well as the [[playground:playground|playground]], which is an OOC page for game-related stuff. To get to your user page, you can use the buttons up at the top right of any page (when logged in) to reach it. | + | You won't be able to edit most of the pages on the wiki - the GMs keep on top of that - but you will be able to edit the turnsheets and other pages in your user space, as well as the [[playground:playground|playground]], which is an OC page for game-related stuff. To get to your user page, you can use the buttons up at the top right of any page (when logged in) to reach it. |
| Most formatting that you may want to put into a page can be accessed by the buttons at the top of the editor; but if you want to know more details of this wiki's syntax have a look at the [[wiki:syntax|syntax]] page. | Most formatting that you may want to put into a page can be accessed by the buttons at the top of the editor; but if you want to know more details of this wiki's syntax have a look at the [[wiki:syntax|syntax]] page. | ||
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| =====Emails===== | =====Emails===== | ||
| - | When a user account is created, you'll also receive an email address of the form //yourcharactername@umba.chaosdeathfish.com//. This will actually just link emails sent to that account to the email account you provide when signing up, and any emails sent to a //xxxx@umba.chaosdeathfish.com// email from that account will appear to come from your character email. | + | When a user account is created, you'll also receive an email address of the form //yourcharactername@umba.chaosdeathfish.com//. This will actually just link emails sent to that account to the email account you provide when signing up, and any emails sent to a //xxxx@umba.chaosdeathfish.com// email from that account will appear to come from your character email. OC email addresses will not be displayed, though OC names will be. |
| - | The function of this is that this system allows you to have IC conversations outside of session without anyone else necessarily seeing them (except the GMs, of course: A copy of every email is sent to the GMs to allow us to keep tabs on what everyone is planning to do). | + | The function of this is that this system allows you to have IC conversations outside of session without anyone else necessarily seeing them (except the GMs, of course: a copy of every email is sent to the GMs to allow us to keep tabs on what everyone is planning to do). |
| If you use an email program that allows you to send from multiple addresses, you can add these to the list of your email accounts by clicking the 'Update Profile' button. Emails will only ever be sent to your primary address, but this is just a precautionary measure and of course is entirely optional. This is especially useful if you use the Gmail + function, for example, and sometimes forget to send from a particular mailbox. | If you use an email program that allows you to send from multiple addresses, you can add these to the list of your email accounts by clicking the 'Update Profile' button. Emails will only ever be sent to your primary address, but this is just a precautionary measure and of course is entirely optional. This is especially useful if you use the Gmail + function, for example, and sometimes forget to send from a particular mailbox. | ||
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