Wiki Quickstart Guide
From OESF
This Quickstart guide shows you how easy it is to start contributing to the wiki. If you think that contributing will take too much effort, rest assured that it will not.
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Sign Up and Log In
First, you'll have to sign up (or log in). There's a link in the upper right hand corner to do that. Signing up is really quick and painless. You can tell that you are logged in because you'll see your user name at the top of the page (near the center), instead of an IP address.
Have a Glance at the Markup
After that, you'll want to take a glance at how to edit a wiki. If your a Zaurus user, or if you post on the OESF forums, it'll be a piece of cake. This is a MediaWiki -- the same sort that Wikipedia uses. Take a look at How to Edit a Page on the Wikipedia. It shows you what markup you type and what result you get -- and you merely need glance at it when you want to figure something out. It also links to other topics of interest to a wiki contributor.
How to Make a New Page
Log in and find the page you wish to add a link from (you may find it handy to use your own user page by clicking on your username at the top of this page). Then, you edit the page and type in
[[New Page Title Here]]
Save the page if you wish, or just preview it. Then, click on the link. This will create a brand new page with the name that you desired (unless the page already existed, in which case it will take you to it). When you have added enough information to the page, make sure to link to it.
For more information, see Starting A New Page.
Other Useful Things to Know
- Be bold, and make helpful changes.
- The wiki pages are under GNU Free Documentation License, allowing strangers to collaboratively edit them
- It is useful to put a little note in the summary field (at the bottom of the page); also, if you didn't change much, click the "This is a minor edit" button
- Each wiki page has an associated discussion page. If you think something could be improved, but aren't sure of the facts, for example, put a note on the discussion page. If you do add something to a talk page, make sure to sign your post.
That's It
That's it. So, please help us make the wiki into a treasure-trove of knowledge.
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