WicsaWikiWANParty:Getting Started

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Participating in the Wiki WAN Party

Tips for Getting Started

Dive right in by browsing pages.
Get started by creating an account. Click on your login ID to go to your home page and create an entry.
Think of the wiki pages as a white board; contribute entries to get feedback on new ideas. They don't have to be perfectly written.
Use "Edit this page" to view the source and to make changes. Or select the "edit" link to the right of a section heading to confine your edits to a section of the page rather than selecting the entire page. Note that to use this feature you have to be logged in with the default user preferences (i.e., Enable section editing via [edit] links).
Talk about a page rather than editing the page directly using “Discuss this page”.
To receive change notifications for current page, log in and select “Watch this page”.
View the revision history of a page with “Page history”.
View changes to the entire site with “Recent changes”.
Add a new page by adding a link to it in an existing page. The first time you select the link, you will be told the page does not exist and you will be directed to a template for adding the page.
Learn more about how to edit pages at wikipedia [1].
Practice and experiment in the wikipedia sandbox [2].

If two people are editing the same page then a conflict will result.

Do not lock a page for an extended period.
Select the "edit" link to the right of a section heading to confine your edits to a section of the page rather than selecting the entire page. Note that to use this feature you have to be logged in with the default user preferences (i.e., Enable section editing via [edit] links).
Add small entries at a time and save often. The prime problem with conflicting edits isn't that they conflict, but rather that the authors of the conflicts are not aware of the others' thoughts.
If a conflict occurs, you can always use the back button to recapture what you have written.

MainPage: return to the main page of the wiki WAN party.
Recent changes: lists the last x changes in last y days.
Random page: displays a random page.
My watchlist: displays your watchlist. You need to be logged in.
My contributions: displays your contributions. You need to be logged in.
Current events: watch this space for current information regarding the wiki WAN party.

Edit this page: make changes to the current page.
Watch this page: add this page to your watchlist.
Move this page: rename a page. This can be a drastic and unexpected change for a popular page.
Discuss this page: add comments to a talk page associated with the current page.
Page history: show revision history and early versions of the current page.
What links here: display other pages that link to this one.
Related changes: shows recent changes.

Special pages: pages for setting user preferences, viewing registered users, browsing pages by characteristics (oldest, popular), viewing titles of all pages, site statistics.
Bug reports: report any problems with the site here.