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| Newer page: | version 15 | Last edited on Monday, May 2, 2005 5:53:04 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 13 | Last edited on Friday, April 29, 2005 9:43:01 am | by IanMcDonald | Revert |
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__How do I edit a page?__ : Click the Edit button at the bottom of any page. If this is your first time on the Wiki, sign in with your RealName (there are no passwords, email confirmation or anything!), and change the text.
+__How do I edit a page?__:
-; __What can I wiki?__ : Within reason, anything
. Although we'd like to think that
your idea of 'within reason' was
the same as ours
, please remember that the [WLUG] is an IncorporatedSociety under NewZealand law
, and potentially responsible for what you say. Please read
the AcceptableUsePolicy if there is any doubt
.
+ Click the Edit button at the bottom of any page
.
+ If this is
your first time on
the Wiki
, sign in with your RealName (there are no passwords, email confirmation or anything!)
, and change
the text
.
-;
__What if
I don't agree with the content
?__ : Edit the page. Add your opinion, rather than deleting someone else's.
+__What can
I wiki
?__:
-; __How do I create a new page?__ :
Within a related page
, think of a decent (multi word) title, capitalize all
the words and !MashTheWordsTogether
, like so. That will create a link
that appears like MashTheWordsTogether, which you can then click on
the '?' for
, and define
. (While you can create new pages by editing
the URLs, OrphanedPages are not a good thing in a wiki
.)
+
Within reason
, anything.
+ Although we'd like to
think that your idea
of 'within reason' was
the same as ours
,
+ please remember
that the [WLUG] is an IncorporatedSociety under NewZealand law
, and potentially responsible for what you say
.
+ Please read
the AcceptableUsePolicy if there is any doubt
.
-;
__How do
I post text verbatim (i.e. tell
the Wiki to ignore formatting commands for the whole document)
?__ : Put a single space indent on every line.
- sed 's/^/ /' <file.orig >file.preformated.for.wiki
+__What if
I don't agree with
the content
?__:
-; __Why am I getting links appearing in my data?__ : Check you don't have [[ and ] characters in your
page: these will create links to other pages
. Replace every [ with [[[
.
+ Edit the
page. Add your opinion, rather than deleting someone else's
.
-;
__How do you create a question/answer style block like this page?__ :
[View how it's done
!|phpwiki:WikiFaq?action=edit
]
+__How do I create a new page?__:
+
+ Within a related page, think of a decent (multi word) title, capitalize all the words and ~MashTheWordsTogether, like so.
+ That will create a link that appears like MashTheWordsTogether, which you can then click on the '?' for, and define.
+ (While you can create new pages by editing the [URL]s, OrphanedPages are not a good thing in a wiki.)
+
+__How do I post text verbatim (i.e. tell the Wiki to ignore formatting commands)?__:
+
+ Put a <tt>~<verbatim></tt> tag on a line by itself, add the text, and close with a <tt>~</verbatim></tt> tag on another line by itself.
+
+__Why am I getting links appearing in my text?__:
+
+ Check you don't have ~[ and ] characters in your page: these will create links to other pages. Replace every [ with ~~~[.
+
+
__How do you create a question/answer style block like this page?__
+
+
[See for yourself
! | phpwiki:WikiFaq?action=viewsource
]
+
+__How do I edit the box on the right hand side of the page?__
+
+ Go to the SideBar page.
-; __How do I edit the box on the right hand side of the page?__ : Go to the SideBar page.
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