1. Click the "Sign in/create account" link in the upper right corner on the Wikipedia website.

2. Click the link "Create One" above the boxes. This will take you to the account creation page (of course, if you are reading this on line, you co...

3. Type the captcha. Wikipedia now presents people with a simple captcha to solve to prevent against computer activated programs signing up. Type i...

4. Read the text below all boxes.

5. Enter your desired user name in the "Username:" box. This will be the name of your account. For suggestions for usernames, see below. Scramble y...

6. Enter a password in the "Password:" box. Make sure that you can remember your password, but for it to be hard for anyone else to guess.

7. Re-enter the same password as above in the "Confirm Password:" box.

8. Enter your e-mail address in the "E-mail" box if you want to. For more information about this, see below in the "Tips" section.

9. Click the big "Create account" button.

10. Congratulations! You are now a registered user in Wikipedia!