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Note that our wiki looks very similar to Wikipedia because it uses the same software, called [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki]. | Note that our wiki looks very similar to Wikipedia because it uses the same software, called [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki]. | ||
== | == Contributing to the wiki == | ||
This section will guide you through the absolute basics of being a wiki editor, with links to more detailed help pages from the MediaWiki software. | |||
You can try out the editing functions by freely editing the [[Help:Sandbox|Sandbox]] page, where you don't need to worry about breaking things. | |||
=== Creating new pages === | === Creating new pages === | ||
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Also, try not to create pages for very narrowly focused topics. Remember that it's supposed to be like an encyclopedia, and not like a blog (or Facebook or Twitter). | Also, try not to create pages for very narrowly focused topics. Remember that it's supposed to be like an encyclopedia, and not like a blog (or Facebook or Twitter). | ||
== Communication | == Communication between editors == | ||
Since a wiki hosts community-curated content, it's crucial for editors to communicate with each other, especially when there's disagreement on the content of a page. | Since a wiki hosts community-curated content, it's crucial for editors to communicate with each other, especially when there's disagreement on the content of a page. | ||
Of course you can always use your favorite social media platform (Twitter, Facebook, reddit) to talk to other FeministWiki editors, if they have an account on the same platform. Otherwise you might also be able to find them on the FeministWiki web forum, on the FeministWiki chat platform, or you could send an e-mail to their FeministWiki e-mail address (like "janedoe@feministwiki.org"). See the related help pages on how to use those methods. | |||
However on the wiki, there is also a primitive but tightly integrated way to talk to each other: talk pages. There are article talk pages and user talk pages. | |||
=== Talk pages === | |||
Every page on the FeministWiki has an associated Discussion page, also called a Talk page. If you make a change to an article, but someone objects and reverts the change, you can write something on the discussion page of the article to hopefully reach a mutual agreement on how the content should be. | Every page on the FeministWiki has an associated Discussion page, also called a Talk page. If you make a change to an article, but someone objects and reverts the change, you can write something on the discussion page of the article to hopefully reach a mutual agreement on how the content should be. | ||
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When you've created a new topic on the talk page to discuss something with other editors, you might want to make sure that they're notified of this. See the next section for instructions on how to directly contact an editor, so you can make sure that they see the topic you started in the talk page. | When you've created a new topic on the talk page to discuss something with other editors, you might want to make sure that they're notified of this. See the next section for instructions on how to directly contact an editor, so you can make sure that they see the topic you started in the talk page. | ||
See the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages MediaWiki help page on "talk pages"] for more details on the | See the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages MediaWiki help page on "talk pages"] for more details on the topic of talk pages. | ||
=== | === Directly contacting another editor === | ||
While the FeministWiki infrastructure offers many ways for members to keep in touch (email, forum, chat), the wiki also has its own system for talking to another editor, which might be the best option when you want to talk about something on the wiki, especially since you can't know whether the other editor uses any of the additional communication methods offered by the FeministWiki. | While the FeministWiki infrastructure offers many ways for members to keep in touch (email, forum, chat), the wiki also has its own system for talking to another editor, which might be the best option when you want to talk about something on the wiki, especially since you can't know whether the other editor uses any of the additional communication methods offered by the FeministWiki. | ||
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[[File:help-wiki-07-user-talk.png|thumb|none|900px|Example message to Admin by writing to their user talk page. Don't forget to use the "Add topic" function so you can add a Subject line. In this example, I forgot to sign off my comment with <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> (see next section).]] | [[File:help-wiki-07-user-talk.png|thumb|none|900px|Example message to Admin by writing to their user talk page. Don't forget to use the "Add topic" function so you can add a Subject line. In this example, I forgot to sign off my comment with <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> (see next section).]] | ||
=== | === Details on talk page usage === | ||
When you click on "Add section" in a discussion page, it asks you for a header and the content, but what when you want to reply to someone, or add a further comment to the discussion section you created? | When you click on "Add section" in a discussion page, it asks you for a header and the content, but what when you want to reply to someone, or add a further comment to the discussion section you created? | ||
To insert a comment in a discussion page, you write what you want to write somewhere (usually at the end of the section you want to comment on), then put four tilde symbols (~) at the end, which makes the | To insert a comment in a discussion page, you write what you want to write somewhere (usually at the end of the section you want to comment on), then put four tilde symbols (~) at the end, which makes the wiki software sign off that text with your name. (It's best practice to always sign off comments with the four tilde symbols, also when creating a new talk topic.) | ||
The following example shows how a new talk topic is created. | |||
[[File:help-wiki-08-signing-off.png|thumb|none|900px|Adding a talk topic and having the software sign it with my username.]] | |||
After saving that, it will look like this: | |||
[[File:help-wiki-09-signed.png|thumb|none|900px|Note how the signature and timestamp were added automatically. It also contains a quick link to the user's talk page.]] | |||
When replying to someone's comment on a talk page, the response is customarily prepended with a colon (:) sign, which makes the wiki software represent the reply with some indentation. | |||
[[File:help-wiki-10-reply.png|thumb|none|900px|To reply to someone, simply edit the page, and add your comment below theirs, with one colon (:) more than their comment. (A single colon if theirs had none.)]] | |||
After saving, that will look like this: | |||
[[File:help-wiki-11-replied.png|thumb|none|900px|The colon symbol is turned into one level of indentation.]] | |||
For reference, here's an archived discussion page from Wikipedia that you can look at to get a feeling for how a real discussion between multiple people might look: | For reference, here's an archived discussion page from Wikipedia that you can look at to get a feeling for how a real discussion between multiple people might look: | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Radical_feminism/Archive_6 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Radical_feminism/Archive_6 | ||
For more details on how to edit talk pages, see the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages MediaWiki help page about talk pages]. | |||
== Other concerns == | == Other concerns == | ||
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=== I have more questions! === | === I have more questions! === | ||
Feel free to ask the technician via email at admin | Feel free to ask the technician via email at admin@feministwiki.org or via [https://twitter.com/@FeministWiki @FeministWiki] on Twitter. | ||