History Administrivia / GetKnown

* You may only have one account at a time.

* By registering, you understand and agree that any IP addresses you use will be logged and may be employed by us to establish your account's identity. The use of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network VPN]] during registration may result in your account being denied.

* By registering, you understand and agree that any IP addresses you use will be logged and may be employed by us to establish your account's identity.
** The use of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network VPN]] or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymizer anonymizing proxy]] during registration may result in your account being denied.
*** Be aware that if you are using a corporate or educational network, these may appear as [=VPNs=] or proxies to our checks.
*** Certain Internet Service Providers offer dynamic IP services that may also appear as a VPN or proxy. If this is the case, we may work with you to resolve the issue.
*** Apartment buildings, hotels, and certain other businesses may offer public or private [=WiFi=] services that get shared among many people. If these are used for malicious activity, they may get blacklisted. We will try to accommodate such situations but may not always be able to.
*** Special note about mobile connections: certain wireless providers such as AT&T assign dynamic IP addresses within a small number of [=IPv6=] nodes. If you are in this situation we will ask you to provide a residential IP address.
*** You may freely use a VPN or proxy after your account is activated.
** We may additionally deny account creation from IP addresses with known malicious activity or located in regions that are deemed high-risk for malicious activity.\\
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* You must use a real email address and may not hide your identity while registering, such as with a VPN, mobile device, or public access point.

There are two stages of registration: introductory and approved. All users, regardless of status, may read the site and manage their profile. Once verified and approved, you will be given the privilege to edit articles, post in the forums, and otherwise contribute. It was once that [[@/UnknownTroper those who were not known]] possessed edit privileges, but, [[Administrivia/TheGoogleIncident due to circumstances which are beyond our control]], they may no longer do so. GoodNightSweetPrince.

Logging in and out may be done by clicking on the profile icon on the top right of the main toolbar. You can also go directly to the login form [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/login.php using this link]].

* Unsolicited commercial use of our site is prohibited.

After registering and logging in, your login information will be stored in a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie site cookie]] on your device(s). If you do not have cookies enabled, certain features may not work properly. To delete the site cookie, log out.

* You must use a real email address and may not hide your connection while registering, such as with a VPN, mobile device, or public access point.

* You must use a real email address and may not hide your connection while registering, such as with a VPN or public access point.

* To recover a lost password, go [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/login_prompt.php here]] and click the "forgot password" link. This requires that you have an email address associated with your account, and that you have access to that email account.