Stateless Apache Wicket stateless pages/requests

Question

So I was reading another question under the Wicket tag comparing Apache Wicket and Apache Click. A concise explanation, in my opinion. I am more familiar with the Wicket world t

Answer 1

What about the situation where the page can be stateless or stateful depending on whether or not the user has authenitcated?

An example could be the typical 'account' panel that resides at the top of most web pages that shows the currently logged on username, profile link etc.,

Most pages on the site would have this at the top so that means both pages must be able to be both stateful and stateless depending on whether a user has logged on.