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MediaWiki is the same software used on major wikis, including the popular Wikipedia. Below are a few common and simple operations involved in editing a wiki. More information may be found here: editing wikis.
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[edit] Editing pages
To edit a section (such as this one), click on the edit button next to the section header. If you wish to edit an entire page, click the edit button on the top of the page. Below are some common tasks related to editing wikis. To see some more examples, visit the MediaWiki examples page.
[edit] Marking up text
To mark up text such as bold, italics, and other common tasks, click on the buttons above the edit window when editing a page. Each button pastes a template for the specific type of mark up.
[edit] Linking to other pages
To link to another page, type two brackets around the page title. For example, [[Energy]] creates a link to the page titled "Energy" .
[edit] Linking to external web sites
To link to other sites (such as the link at the top of this page), type a single bracket around the url and the name of the page. For example, [http://www.rlmartin.com R. L. Martin and Associates Inc.] creates this link: R. L. Martin and Associates Inc..
[edit] Creating new pages and topics
To create a new page, follow the directions above by creating a link to the page you wish to create. After saving the page, click on the link, and edit the newly created page.
[edit] Ignoring special wiki characters
If you are having problems displaying text because it contains quotes or brackets, use the <nowiki> tag. To see how it is used, edit this page.
[edit] Embedding images
To add an embedded image, first upload the file (using the Upload link in the toolbox to the left), and add a link to the image [[Image:filename.png]]. Try not to have spaces in the filename, or the image and/or link will not work.
[edit] Administration
Many administration pages, including all those mentioned below, can be found by clicking on the Special pages link in the toolbox to the left.
[edit] Add User
{Note: this section has been updated with the new method of creating users).
To create a user, any anonymous/logged-in user may go to the Log in / Create Account page, and click on Create Account. When submitted, the email address entered is sent a notice that an account has been created. A Sysop/Bureaucrat MUST move the new user to the group "approved" before the user is granted any additional privileges. See the below on how to edit user rights.
[edit] Edit User Rights
To edit users rights, a user must be a Sysop/Bureaucrat. To view the users with accounts to this wiki, click on List of Users. To edit users' rights, use the User Rights page. After entering the username in the User Rights page, click on the group name and click "Save User Groups" to move the user to the new group.
[edit] Change User Password
Passwords are reset whenever a user requests an email in the log-in page.
[edit] Delete User
Deletion of accounts is not supported in this software. If an account is no longer allowed, a Sysop/Bureaucrat can block the user from logging in by going to Blockip/User. The main purpose of this is to prevent anonymous users from spamming from IP addresses, but it has been set up to block usernames as well.
