Help:Why create an account?

From WhatRumors: The Celebrity Gossip Wiki

Creating an account is free and easy. It also provides several benefits that anonymous, non-logged in users do not have, which will make editing and participating more fun.

A way of making yourself known

Creating an account allows you to become your own gossip maven. You'll be able to write your own gossip articles and share them with others.

You'll also have access to your personal user profile which you can customize with pictures, links and information about yourself. It also gives you a message board to interact with other users. When others leave messages for you on your message board, a notification message is emailed to you, letting you know that someone has a note for you. Being able to gossip with others creates a quick network for finding the hottest celebrity gossip and building up to date articles.

Points, contests and prizes

WhatRumors runs contests for users from time to time. If you have an account, you're eligible to win when you get the most points. Points are accumulated by doing different actions on the site. To see your point total, just check the top of your user page. Click on your point total to see the User Levels and find out how you compare to others on the site by checking out the Top Users

Some of the ways to earn points are, adding an avatar, adding friends and foes, uploading images and of course adding to and creating gossip articles.

Features for registered users

As a registered user, you can:

• Earn points for prizes
• Upload images
• Keep track of your contributions
• Make a personal watchlist to keep an eye on your favorite articles
• Choose email notification to be notified of changes
• Create a profile to describe yourself
• Maintain a user talk page where others can contact you
• Personalize your preferences to tailor the functionality of WhatRumors to your needs

See Help:User account for more details on these features.