Yeah, I think you angered the meego beasties by taking one as your avatar.

What I did was this:
* log in
*open the wiki
*hit edit
*find I couldn't actually type anything
*find a tiny line saying I needed permissions and had to validate my email
*click that
*arrive at my profile, which I thought I had validated
*enter my email
*receive a confirmation email
*click that link
*go back and find the wiki again....

It was a palaver. But maybe the beasties like bears?