Your citizen attributes are accessed by selecting Citizen... from the Options Menu.

Using this dialog, you can change most of the attributes of your citizen account, including your name, your password, your privilege password, and your email address:

Note: this dialog may not be available in some universes.

Your Citizen Number

Your citizen number uniquely identifies you, as does your citizen name. It is like an account number. Unlike your citizen name, your citizen number cannot be changed.

Changing Your Name

You can change your citizen name at any time. Simply type the new name into the Name field and press OK. If the new name is acceptable to the system, the dialog box will go away. You cannot change your name to a name that is currently in use by another citizen.

Note: you should use caution when changing your citizen name, even for short periods of time. When you change your name, your old name becomes available again to other citizens! W V W can only reserve one name for you at a time, so it is possible for someone else to take your old name after you have switched to a new name, thus preventing you from ever returning to your old name again.

Changing Your Password

You can also change your password at any time. Simply type the new password into both the Password and Confirm password fields and press OK. If your new password is acceptable to the system, the dialog box will go away.

Changing Your Email Address

You can also change the email address associated with your account at any time. Simply enter the new email address and press OK. We encourage you to keep your email address up to date at all times. While not required for citizenship, a valid email address allows us to contact you if there are any problems with your account. In addition, this email address must be valid if you ever need to recover a forgotten password.

Setting Your Home Page

Total Time Online

This field displays the total amount of time (in days, hours, minutes, and seconds) that you have spent logged into your current W V W universe under this citizenship since the universe was first upgraded to version 3.1. In the main W V W universe, this date was December 1st of the year 2000.

Immigration and Renewal Dates

The Citizen Attributes dialog also shows you the date on which your citizenship was created, in the Immigrated field, and the date at which it will expire, in the Renew by field.