Getting Started with Wiki Editing: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 01:14, 3 May 2023

Consult the MediaWiki User's Guide and FAQ for information on using the Wiki software.

In particular, you may wish to familiarise yourself with how to:

edit an existing page and/or create a new one
create a link to another page or a sub-item, possibly with an alternative description
force the creation of a table of contents (where there are < 3 headings) or change its location
create tables, including sortable ones
add an image
name pages appropriately (and avoiding characters such as "&" which result in non-user-friendly URLs)

More advanced users may also desire to:

Rename (“move”) pages or images to improve naming conventions
Utilise Category tags on pages and/or images to make relate information easier to find
modify the side bar

Viewing existing pages in edit mode can also help facilitate learning by example.

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 ==General Information==
-Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
+Consult the MediaWiki [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] and [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ FAQ] for information on using the Wiki software.
 In particular, you may wish to familiarise yourself with how to:
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 * add an image
 * name pages appropriately (and avoiding characters such as "&" which result in non-user-friendly URLs)
+More advanced users may also desire to:
+* Rename (“move”) pages or images to improve naming conventions
+* Utilise Category tags on pages and/or images to make relate information easier to find
 * modify the side bar
 Viewing existing pages in edit mode can also help facilitate learning by example.
-== Getting started ==
-* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
-* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]