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 On your user page should be a series of red links, named 'Turnsheet #'. These link to pages that don't exist yet, so when you are ready to begin writing up your actions, click on the link for that week and then click "Create this page" in the top right on the subsequent page. On your user page should be a series of red links, named 'Turnsheet #'. These link to pages that don't exist yet, so when you are ready to begin writing up your actions, click on the link for that week and then click "Create this page" in the top right on the subsequent page.
  
-The turnsheet will have a template prepared to show you the basic layout. You don't need to stick to this 100%, but it is much easier on the GMs if you keep a similar format so we can easily see what you're trying to do in that turn. Once you have written everything up, click the save button to create the page so that you (and all the GMs) can see it. You may want to click preview first to make sure everything reads like you hope it would; but do remember to save it afterwards. Editing the page after this point is fine as long as it's before the deadline on the [[turnsheeting]] page - nothing will be taken as final by the GMs until then.+The turnsheet will have a template prepared to show you the basic layout. You don't need to stick to this 100%, but it is much easier on the GMs if you keep a similar format so we can easily see what you're trying to do in that turn. Once you have written everything up, click the save button to create the page so that you (and all the GMs) can see it. You may want to click preview first to make sure everything reads like you hope it would; but do remember to save it afterwards. Editing the page after this point is fine as long as it's before the deadline on the [[turnsheeting|Turnsheeting]] page - nothing will be taken as final by the GMs until then.
 =====Emails===== =====Emails=====
  
-When a user account is created, you'll also receive an email address of the form //yourcharactername@underlings.oxfordlarp.com//. This will actually just link emails sent to that account to the email account you provide when signing up, and any emails sent to //xxxx@underlings.oxfordlarp.com// email from that account will appear to come from your character email.  OC email addresses will not be displayed, though OC names will be.+When a user account is created, you'll also receive an email address of the form //yourcharactername@underlings.oxfordlarp.com//. This will actually just link emails sent to that account to the email account you provide when signing up, and any emails sent to an //xxxx@underlings.oxfordlarp.com// email from that account will appear to come from your character email.  OC email addresses will not be displayed, though OC names will be.
  
-Any email sent to //xxxx@underlings.oxfordlarp.com// email will be automatically copied to the entire GM team - if you want to arrange things out-of-character, then it's best to ask whoever you are getting in touch with for an alternative means of contact.+Any email sent to an //xxxx@underlings.oxfordlarp.com// email will be automatically copied to the entire GM team - if you want to arrange things out-of-character, then it's best to ask whoever you are getting in touch with for an alternative means of contact.
  
 The function of this is that this system allows you to have IC conversations outside of session without anyone else necessarily seeing them (except the GMs, of course: a copy of every email is sent to the GMs to allow us to keep tabs on what everyone is planning to do). The function of this is that this system allows you to have IC conversations outside of session without anyone else necessarily seeing them (except the GMs, of course: a copy of every email is sent to the GMs to allow us to keep tabs on what everyone is planning to do).
  
 If you use an email program that allows you to send from multiple addresses, you can add these to the list of your email accounts by clicking the 'Update Profile' button. Emails will only ever be sent to your primary address, but this is just a precautionary measure and of course is entirely optional. This is especially useful if you use the Gmail + function, for example, and sometimes forget to send from a particular mailbox. If you use an email program that allows you to send from multiple addresses, you can add these to the list of your email accounts by clicking the 'Update Profile' button. Emails will only ever be sent to your primary address, but this is just a precautionary measure and of course is entirely optional. This is especially useful if you use the Gmail + function, for example, and sometimes forget to send from a particular mailbox.
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