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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on July 30, 2004, 08:45:15 pm

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: Sandwich on July 30, 2004, 08:45:15 pm

Look at this page (http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/fsdoc/index.php/Freespace3) as an example.

At the bottom, various people have kept note what they changed/edited. While this isn't a bad thing, there's a dedicated "Summary" field for that very purpose in the "Edit Page (http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/fsdoc/index.php/Freespace3?action=edit)" form.

You can then see the summary of the changes in the Page History (http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/fsdoc/index.php/Freespace3?action=PageHistory) for any given entry.

So please, use the Summary field. And think of the kittens. Thank you for your time.

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: Starks on July 30, 2004, 08:48:37 pm

I'd like to sign up to be FSDoc contributor...

I have a great wealth of info on the FS universe and have exceptional grammar and spelling.

I know I haven't contributed much to the community SCP or modelwise, but this is something I can actually do.

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: jdjtcagle on July 30, 2004, 08:55:31 pm

You don't have to sign up...
anybody can do it, IIRC

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: Starks on July 30, 2004, 09:05:25 pm

Yeah, but indirectly.

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: StratComm on July 30, 2004, 10:20:46 pm

What do you mean indirectly.  I've put some stuff in there, and have never signed up anywhere.  The only condition is that your name has to be a WikiWord.

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: kasperl on July 31, 2004, 05:03:00 am

Erm, Sandwich, this is why I asked for "talk" pages like on wikipedia. Easier for discussion.

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: Sandwich on July 31, 2004, 05:35:12 pm

Lonestar's now the Man With the Wiki Plan - I've directed his attention to this thread.

What is a "talk" page?

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: Lightspeed on July 31, 2004, 09:07:41 pm

I've put quite a lot of stuff up there and never figured out what the summary field was for. Thanks, Sandwich :)

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: kasperl on August 01, 2004, 03:41:37 am

Quote

Originally posted by Sandwich
Lonestar's now the Man With the Wiki Plan - I've directed his attention to this thread.

What is a "talk" page?

Every page has one, it's basicly just a page with the name of the page it belongs to and Talk: prefixec. It's meant as a discussion area, and a place to log all your actions. Example:

Page Command line reference:
blalbbla

page Talk: Command Line Reference:
added blalbbla remark, this should be re-formatted and checked for spelling -- Kasperl.

You get the idea.

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: Sandwich on August 02, 2004, 01:12:59 pm

Erm... I'd have to see it in action somewhere. Is it an automatically-generated mod/page/whatever?

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: kasperl on August 03, 2004, 04:19:40 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_Etiquette_FAQ

Title: A Little Wiki Nitpick For All You Contributors
Post by: Sandwich on August 03, 2004, 05:19:05 am

Ahh, ok. I get it. Like a forum thread for each news post. ;)

I think that's a MediaWiki-only feature - or, at least, it's not in the phpWiki AFAIK.