Wiki Etiquette: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:23, 1 September 2010

Here are a few guidelines we ask everyone to follow on this Wiki, with the aim of avoiding stepping on toes:

Search for pages before creating a new one
Make sure your links work
Don't leave blank pages without a declaration that you are intending to come back at some point to do it - and do so! (Each page has a discussion page which is intended for discussion about the content of that page: changes suggested, work in progress, etc)
Check the history of a page before making any changes and be sensitive about editing other people's work
If you are about to make some more significant changes (e.g. entirely rewrite an important page, or change the category structure), send a mail (to Central) saying so. That way you can flush out people who might also be intending to do that, also find people who might want to review the changes
Mail folk in the history to ask if they want to review your changes
Remember this wiki has categories (the filing system for all these pages) so please use them

You can find a list of categories via the toolbox on the left - Special Pages > List of Pages > Categories

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 *Don't leave blank pages without a declaration that you are intending to come back at some point to do it - and do so! (Each page has a discussion page which is intended for discussion about the content of that page: changes suggested, work in progress, etc)
 *Check the history of a page before making any changes and be sensitive about editing other people's work
-*If you are about to make some more significant changes (e.g. entirely rewrite an important page, or change the category structure), send a mail (to Central) saying so. That way you can flush out people who might also be intending to do that, also also find people who might want to review the changes
+*If you are about to make some more significant changes (e.g. entirely rewrite an important page, or change the category structure), send a mail (to Central) saying so. That way you can flush out people who might also be intending to do that, also&nbsp;find people who might want to review the changes
 *Mail folk in the history to ask if they want to review your changes
 *Remember this wiki has categories (the filing system for all these pages) so please use them
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 You can find a list of categories via the toolbox on the left - Special Pages &gt; List of Pages &gt; Categories
-<br> Back to [[Welcome to the Freegle Volunteer Wiki]]
+<br>Back to [[Welcome to the Freegle Volunteer Wiki]]
 [[Category:Getting_Involved]]