이 페이지에서는 위키백과에서 로그인 방법을 포함한 "계정에 대한 설명"을 다룹니다.

로그인하지 않아도 문서를 볼 수 있고 편집도 할 수 있습니다. 그러나 로그인하지 않을 경우 일부 기능이 제한됩니다. 위키백과에서는 계정을 만들어 로그인하는 것을 권장합니다.

## 로그인이란
사용자 계정을 만드는 것은 사용자 이름과 비밀번호를 설정하는 것입니다. 귀하가 한 편집 기록은 귀하의 사용자 이름으로 기록됩니다. 로그인하지 않은 상태에서 편집할 경우 편집 기록은 귀하가 사용한 IP 주소로 기록됩니다. 로그인할 때는 Cookie(쿠키)가 사용할 수 있는 웹 브라우저가 필요합니다.

## 왜 로그인해야 하나요?
위키백과를 단순히 보기만 한다면 로그인할 필요가 없습니다. 위키백과를 편집하는 데 있어서도 로그인할 필요는 없습니다. 그러나 위키백과에서는 편집할 경우에는 로그인할 것을 권장하고 있습니다. 로그인하지 않은 상태에서 편집하면 사용자는 IP 주소로 식별됩니다. IP 주소는 연결 상태에 따라 변화하는 경우도 있기 때문에 동일한 IP 주소에서의 게시물이 1명의 인물에 의한 것인지, 그 이상의 인물에 의한 것인지 다른 사용자는 알 수 없습니다. 무엇보다 숫자의 나열은 다른 사용자가 기억하기 어렵습니다. 로그인한 상태에서 편집하면 편집이 사용자 이름으로 기록됩니다. 다른 사용자는 사용자 이름을 통해 편집한 인물을 알 수 있습니다.

또한 다음과 같이 로그인하지 않음으로 인한 단점과 로그인으로 인한 장점이 있습니다.

### 로그인으로 인한 장점
로그인하면 다음과 같은 기능을 사용할 수 있습니다. 또한 각 설명에서 링크와 탭 및 그것들의 표시 위치도 환경 설정의 "스킨"을 이용해 변경할 수 있습니다. 또한 준보호된 문서를 편집할 수 있고(인증된 사용자에 한함) 관리자 등 각종 권한을 부여받을 수 있습니다.

## 로그인
Creating a 계정 이름 means that you supply a 계정 이름 (your real name or a 닉네임) and a 비밀번호. The system will reject a username that is already in use. A user account is created only once. You are then "logged in". The next time you log in, you supply your username again and demonstrate with the password that you are the same person. 

Edits you make are recorded under your username. If you are not logged in your edits are labelled in 문서 역사 with your IP 주소.

User accounts created recently will be "unified" . An older, non-unified account can be unified at 특수:계정 합치기; unified users can use that page to check the status of their unified account. Preferences are currently set independently on each wiki. See m:Single login.

## 로그인이 무엇인가요?
You don't have to log in to read Wikipedia. You don't even have to log in to edit most of Wikipedia (there are some exceptions).

However, it's still a good idea to log in, for these reasons:

### 계정 만들기
To create an account, click on the '''' link at the top right of the page. You will need to provide a username and password, as well as answer a visual "captcha" test. Users with text, speech, or legacy browsers will be unable to create an account if they cannot view this captcha image. If you are unable to view captchas, you can request for an account to be created for you at Wikipedia:Request an account.

You may also be unable to create an account if it contains certain symbols  or words, or if it is too similar to that of an existing user. In that case, you will also have to request an account. If your IP address has account creation blocked, you can either request to be unblocked or request an account.

First, make sure that your 브라우저 accepts 쿠키. Some browsers can accept or reject cookies from individual sites; users of these should configure the browser to accept cookies from each wiki you plan to edit, such as ''wikipedia.org''.

Click on the ''로그인'' link at the top right of the page. You will then be prompted to enter your username and password. If you have not logged in before, you will need to use the link provided to create an account.

You may give your email address if you like. Other users will be able to send email to the address, but they won't be able to find out what the address is.

If you click the box ''Remember me'', you will not have to give your password again when you access MediaWiki wiki from the same computer. This feature will only work if your password was not generated by the MediaWiki software. So change your password please. The cookies containing username and password automatically expire 30 days after login (unless you log out manually).

Logging in and setting preferences were previously done separately on each wiki. It is now possible to use the same username, password and e-mail address across all Wikimedia wikis, without needing to register an account on each wiki. For more details, see m:Help:Unified login/ko.

### Login issues and problems
If you find yourself unable to log in, you may have one of the problems addressed in the following paragraphs. If none of them seem to apply, ask for help at the 질문방.

### What if I forget the username?
If you have forgotten your username, these steps may help you recover it:
If none of these steps are successful you will have to start again with a new account. Wikipedia administrators will not be able to help you work out your username from your email address or your IP address.

### What if I forget the password?
If you have forgotten your password, these steps may help you recover it:
Otherwise you will have to create a new account under a different username. After doing this, if a user page and user talk page were created for the old account, it is advisable to make them redirect to the equivalent pages for the new account.

## How to set preferences
Click on the ''My preferences'' link at the top right of the page for various options, including:

See Help:Preferences.

## Your user page and user talk page
As a logged in user, you will be able to create your own ''user page'' and ''user talk page''. When you are logged in, you will see your username displayed at the top right of the page. Click on this to get to your user page, which you can edit in the same way as any other wiki page.

Most users write a little bit about themselves and their interests on their user page.

You also have a ''User talk page''. You can access this by clicking on the ''Talk'' link next to your username at the top right of the page. Other people may write messages in your user talk page by editing it, and you can respond. See Help:Talk page for more.

## Logging out
You can log out any time by clicking on the ''Log out'' link at the top right of the page. And after it, you will be using an IP to read Wikipedia. To prevent the browser from remembering your username and suggesting it to the next user of the computer, remember to delete the Wikipedia cookies in your browser's privacy settings. Especially if you are using a public computer, you may want to delete all of the browser's recent history ( in Firefox).

In the mobile version, click the menu icon at the top left and then the logout button to the right of your username.

## Editing while logged out
Occasionally an established editor will edit while logged out. While not usually an egregious issue, there can be some concerns about attribution and privacy.


In Firefox (with the [http://userscripts.org/about/installing Greasemonkey] add-on) or in Chrome, you can install a [http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/130031 simple script] that prevents editing while logged out on all Wikimedia Foundation sites. Once the script is installed and you click on Edit while logged out, it pops up a notice that you are not logged in and does not proceed. Note that it does not yet prevent editing by clicking on red links or by direct links to edit pages.

## Keeping your account secure
Users, especially administrators, should keep their accounts secure. If someone accesses your account and causes malicious damage, your reputation could be in trouble! Below are some tips on keeping your account secure:

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