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==How to make Edits to an article== | ==How to make Edits to an article== | ||
The most basic thing you need to start out with if you have physically never tried using MediaWiki before, is how to Edit, that is "make changes to", an article. | |||
First, locate the "edit" tab on top of the page. Click it and it will take you to a "Editing (page's name)" page. Write what you want. When you've finished writing what you want, look below the editing box: there is a "summary" box, in which you may write a note to the other people editing the site, explaining why you made the change you did, etc. You don't necessarily need to write anything there, and it doesn't serve as an "official" notification of stuff, but it's a nice feature to have. Below the "Summary" box are three buttons. The one right on the left says "Save Page": '''click this button to make your edit actually happen'''. | |||
There's also two other buttons, "show preview" and "show changes", which both basically preview the changes you are making. You don't really need those, though they help, as you can edit as many times as you want, so if you are unhappy with something you've changed you could just instantly change it back. There is also a box which you can check which says "this is a minor edit". This leaves a little tag in the "Recent Changes" list which lets other editors know "this is a minor edit". Please just click "minor edit" for things like spelling corrections and such. This isn't really enforced or anything, but please don't do something like routinely erase an entire paragraph of information you don't like, listing each edit as a "minor" one. Sometimes you might just accidentally click "minor edit" when you're clicking "Save Page" (happens all the time). Don't really worry about this, just please use your own judgement and try to list something as a "minor edit" only for spelling corrections, etc. | |||
==How to create a new article== | ==How to create a new article== | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 6 August 2007
This page is meant to train newbies who have no idea how to do things using the MediaWiki layout of the site *whatsoever*, in the basics of how to do things on EvaWiki.
How to make Edits to an article
The most basic thing you need to start out with if you have physically never tried using MediaWiki before, is how to Edit, that is "make changes to", an article.
First, locate the "edit" tab on top of the page. Click it and it will take you to a "Editing (page's name)" page. Write what you want. When you've finished writing what you want, look below the editing box: there is a "summary" box, in which you may write a note to the other people editing the site, explaining why you made the change you did, etc. You don't necessarily need to write anything there, and it doesn't serve as an "official" notification of stuff, but it's a nice feature to have. Below the "Summary" box are three buttons. The one right on the left says "Save Page": click this button to make your edit actually happen.
There's also two other buttons, "show preview" and "show changes", which both basically preview the changes you are making. You don't really need those, though they help, as you can edit as many times as you want, so if you are unhappy with something you've changed you could just instantly change it back. There is also a box which you can check which says "this is a minor edit". This leaves a little tag in the "Recent Changes" list which lets other editors know "this is a minor edit". Please just click "minor edit" for things like spelling corrections and such. This isn't really enforced or anything, but please don't do something like routinely erase an entire paragraph of information you don't like, listing each edit as a "minor" one. Sometimes you might just accidentally click "minor edit" when you're clicking "Save Page" (happens all the time). Don't really worry about this, just please use your own judgement and try to list something as a "minor edit" only for spelling corrections, etc.
