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'''General pointers'''
===General pointers===
* Register under a real or otherwise recognizable name so your colleagues will know who you are.
* Register under a real or otherwise recognizable name so your colleagues will know who you are.
* The current user list is [http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers here].
* The current user list is [http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers here].
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'''Starting a new page'''
===Starting a new page===
* A list of pages we want to have that don't exist yet: http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WantedPages
* A list of pages that need to be written: http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WantedPages
* Instructions for starting a new page from scratch: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page
* Instructions for starting a new page from scratch: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page




'''Editing an existing page'''
===Editing an existing page===
* Click the "edit" link at the top of an article to edit it.
* Click the "edit" link at the top of an article to edit it.
* A list of pages that exist already (which you may wish to edit): http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AllPages
* A list of pages that exist already (which you may wish to edit): http://www.sprocketschool.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AllPages
* Mediawiki's guide to basic editing: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing
* Mediawiki's guide to basic editing: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing

Revision as of 16:24, 5 August 2013


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Like Wikipedia, Sprocket School was made using software called MediaWiki. MediaWiki has extensive instructions on editing and formatting on their website.


General pointers

  • Register under a real or otherwise recognizable name so your colleagues will know who you are.
  • The current user list is here.
  • You can see recent contributions to the site on the Recent changes page.
  • Look at an article's editing history by clicking the "history" tab at the top of any page.
  • Each page 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. It looks like this: -- Rfhall (talk) 00:44, 3 August 2013 (PDT)


Starting a new page


Editing an existing page