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===About Editing=== | ===About Editing=== | ||
This website was made using software called Mediawiki (just like Wikipedia!) There is a TON of documentation (manuals, guides, templates, and so on) available for free on the internet that will teach you how to do things with Mediawiki. Use Google to find it. | This website was made using software called Mediawiki (just like Wikipedia!) There is a TON of documentation (manuals, guides, templates, and so on) available for free on the internet that will teach you how to do things with Mediawiki. Use Google to find it. | ||
'''To get started, [http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Main+Page create an account].''' | '''To get started, [http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Main+Page create an account].''' | ||
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'''On cooperative editing: things to keep in mind''' | '''On cooperative editing: things to keep in mind''' | ||
*Anyone can edit any page on the wiki, provided they've registered for an account (see top right corner). This means that, ideally, every page will ultimately be written by anyone in the community with relevant knowledge! | *Anyone can edit any page on the wiki, provided they've registered for an account (see top right corner). This means that, ideally, every page will ultimately be written by anyone in the community with relevant knowledge! | ||
*Because this is a tool intended to serve a relatively small field, everyone should try to register under a real or otherwise recognizable name | *Because this is a tool intended to serve a relatively small field, everyone should try to register under a real or otherwise recognizable name. The current user list is [http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers here]. | ||
*You can look at an individual page's editing history and how it's changed over time by clicking the "history" tab at the top of any page. Any change that's been made can be unmade from here, too. | *You can look at an individual page's editing history and how it's changed over time by clicking the "history" tab at the top of any page. Any change that's been made can be unmade from here, too. | ||
*Each page also has a "discussion" tab at the top. This is a good place to ask questions and make suggestions about a given topic. You can "sign" your contributions to the discussion page (or any other page) by typing "-- ~ ~ ~ ~" - without the spaces! - or by just hitting the little button that looks like a signature at the top of the editing box. | *Each page also has a "discussion" tab at the top. This is a good place to ask questions and make suggestions about a given topic. You can "sign" your contributions to the discussion page (or any other page) by typing "-- ~ ~ ~ ~" - without the spaces! - or by just hitting the little button that looks like a signature at the top of the editing box. | ||
Revision as of 12:58, 31 July 2013
About Editing
This website was made using software called Mediawiki (just like Wikipedia!) There is a TON of documentation (manuals, guides, templates, and so on) available for free on the internet that will teach you how to do things with Mediawiki. Use Google to find it.
To get started, create an account.
Starting a new page
- These are the pages that exist already: http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AllPages
- These are the pages we want to have that don't exist yet: http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WantedPages
- Here are instructions for starting a new page from scratch: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page
Editing an existing page
- Beginning to do this is easy: just click the "edit" link at the top of each page.
- Here's Mediawiki's guide to basic editing: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing
On cooperative editing: things to keep in mind
- Anyone can edit any page on the wiki, provided they've registered for an account (see top right corner). This means that, ideally, every page will ultimately be written by anyone in the community with relevant knowledge!
- Because this is a tool intended to serve a relatively small field, everyone should try to register under a real or otherwise recognizable name. The current user list is here.
- You can look at an individual page's editing history and how it's changed over time by clicking the "history" tab at the top of any page. Any change that's been made can be unmade from here, too.
- Each page also has a "discussion" tab at the top. This is a good place to ask questions and make suggestions about a given topic. You can "sign" your contributions to the discussion page (or any other page) by typing "-- ~ ~ ~ ~" - without the spaces! - or by just hitting the little button that looks like a signature at the top of the editing box.