Revision as of 17:04, 17 April 2012

In your profile personal information, tools and settings are sorted into five tabs:

Profile

The profile tab shows your personal information such as your real name, how many languages you speak and brief details about yourself. You are not obligated to provide personal details so you can leave the personal information section blank. To access your personal settings see 'Change personal information' below. Information about voting, special roles and awards you have obtained can also be seen in your profile.

Voting

Voting is our method of providing positive feedback to you about your contributions to WikiMapia, and for you to provide positive feedback to other users about theirs. People who make a positive contribution to WikiMapia ("describing the world" by creating useful and well-described places) are deserving of a positive vote.

Settings/preferences

You can customize personal settings by accessing the following options in the profile.

Choose your location

Edit avatar

Allows you to change/change the profile picture.

Change personal information

Messages

The message tab shows a list of your contacts in order of most recently contacted. You can see the total messages exchanged between you and each contact under their username. Contacts whom have sent you new/unread messages appear at the top of the contacts list with a 'New message' indicator under their username.

Messaging/privacy settings

Awards

The awards tab shows awards you have earned by reaching designated milestones based on the quantity of your contributions. The three star award system is incremental and rewards you by encouraging you to add and edit more objects.

Stats

The Stats tab shows statistics on all aspects of your contributions.

Tools

The Tools tab shows tools available based on your experience level.

Rank/user search