Being known on the wiki means that the software is aware of your wiki handle (user name). It reserves the use of your handle for you, and provides some services to known people that are not available to completely anonymous folks. Posting and editing are reserved for people 13 years of age or older. By posting or editing here, you are stating that you are at least 13 years old.

"Well, duh," you are thinking. "It's a user account."

Not exactly. We don't bug you for an email address. Using this form is the entire process. We do need to put a cookie on your system, so you'll have to allow that. You will be logged in on the machine you are using now automatically, unless something happens to the cookie.