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Welcome to the Wiki Guide page. For any questions not answered here or not available online, please reach out to the current Wiki Lead, Caleb Kopitsky. | |||
== General Guidelines== | == General Guidelines== | ||
* If you make a new page, send a message in #sub_wiki letting people know. | * If you make a new page, send a message in #sub_wiki letting people know. | ||
* Remember this is meant to be long-term documentation, so your audience may be students years from now. Make sure it is understandable for people you do not and do not know you. | * Remember this is meant to be long-term documentation, so your audience may be students years from now. Make sure it is understandable for people you do not and do not know you. | ||
* Keep it professional. We want this to be easily searchable and not overly cluttered. | * Keep it professional. We want this to be easily searchable and not overly cluttered. | ||
* When naming new pages, write out complete names without abbreviations and use underscores in places of spaces (Media Wiki will display underscores as a space). This will ensure pages are easily searchable. | |||
== General Tips == | == General Tips == | ||
* This site uses the MediaWiki engine, which has very good online documentation. If you have a question, look it up first or ask Chat; if that doesn't work, feel free to reach out to the Wiki Lead (currently Caleb Kopitsky). | * This site uses the MediaWiki engine, which has very good online documentation. If you have a question, look it up first or ask Chat; if that doesn't work, feel free to reach out to the Wiki Lead (currently Caleb Kopitsky). | ||
* To create a new page, either: search the desired name in the search bar, hit enter, and choose to create a new page; or create a new link with the new page name. To add a space to a page name, use an underscore. Make sure to send a message in #Sub_Wiki when making a new page. | * To create a new page, either: search the desired name in the search bar, hit enter, and choose to create a new page; or create a new link with the new page name. To add a space to a page name, use an underscore. Make sure to send a message in #Sub_Wiki when making a new page. | ||
* If you want to link to a specific heading within a wiki page, open "Edit source", find your link, and add a hashtag with the heading title. Ex: <nowiki>[[Page title#Heading Name|link's display]]</nowiki> | |||
== Syntax == | == Syntax == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:10, 17 August 2025
Welcome to the Wiki Guide page. For any questions not answered here or not available online, please reach out to the current Wiki Lead, Caleb Kopitsky.
General Guidelines[edit | edit source]
- If you make a new page, send a message in #sub_wiki letting people know.
- Remember this is meant to be long-term documentation, so your audience may be students years from now. Make sure it is understandable for people you do not and do not know you.
- Keep it professional. We want this to be easily searchable and not overly cluttered.
- When naming new pages, write out complete names without abbreviations and use underscores in places of spaces (Media Wiki will display underscores as a space). This will ensure pages are easily searchable.
General Tips[edit | edit source]
- This site uses the MediaWiki engine, which has very good online documentation. If you have a question, look it up first or ask Chat; if that doesn't work, feel free to reach out to the Wiki Lead (currently Caleb Kopitsky).
- To create a new page, either: search the desired name in the search bar, hit enter, and choose to create a new page; or create a new link with the new page name. To add a space to a page name, use an underscore. Make sure to send a message in #Sub_Wiki when making a new page.
- If you want to link to a specific heading within a wiki page, open "Edit source", find your link, and add a hashtag with the heading title. Ex: [[Page title#Heading Name|link's display]]
