Help:Approve accounts

Users

Anyone can create an account. However, users in the default Users group can only edit their own User page.

Editors

Users who have filled out their User page and are ophthalmologists are added to the Editors by an administrator. Users in the Editors group have the ability to edit or create pages.

Account approval

To approve an account, click here. That page lists all users who have not yet been approved. Approve them by clicking the "Approve" link. The page will also display a special Rights link for users who have filled out that they are ophthalmologists. Clicking this link will bring you to a page where you can add this user to the Editors group. If the data seems out of date, click this link to refresh the data.

That page also has a list of users who have not yet filled out their User page.

Welcome message

Once a user creates an account, the system posts a message to their Talk page, welcoming them and requesting that they fill out their User page. To see the template which contains the Welcome message, click here. Edit that page to change the message.