Help/Editing pages

It's very easy to edit the contents of a wiki:

1. Click the "Edit" page tab at the top of the page.
2. Make changes to the text.
3. Click the "Save page" button.

Simple as that!

You can edit your text by using wiki markup or the visual editor.

Formatting

When you need to use some type of formatting, such as for new headings or bolding of text, you do this using wiki syntax or the buttons in the edit toolbar above the editing zone. See Formatting for some of the common types of formatting used.

Edit summary

Before you save a change, you can enter a short note (must be shorter than 500 characters) in the "Summary:" box describing your changes. Don't worry too much about this, or spend too much time thinking about it: just put in a short description of what you just changed. For example, you might say "fixed typo" or "added more information about sunflowers".

This summary gets stored alongside your edit, and allows people to track changes in the wiki more effectively.

Preview

It's a good idea to use the "Show preview" button to see what your change will look like, before you save it. This is also related to tracking changes because every time you save, this is displayed to others as a separate change. This isn't something to worry about too much, but it's good to get into the habit of eliminating mistakes in your own work, by using a preview before saving, rather than saving, then having to do another edit just to make one or more minor corrections.

Show changes

Another option is the "Show changes" button which allows you to see the differences between the current version and the edited version.

Protected pages

Pages that are protected cannot be edited by anyone except users of a specific group. Protected pages will instead display "View source" instead of edit. In that case, to edit a protected page, contact a user who has permission to edit the page.

Moving a page

Moving (renaming) a page means giving it another name. This is done by using the "move" action of tab "More" at the top. The tab is not visible if you are not logged in. Then simply enter the new name and click "Move page".

If you move page "A" to a new title "B", this operation will do the following:

• Renames the title of page "A" as "B"
• Renames all the editing history of page "A" as of page "B" as well
• Creates a new page "A", whose content is a redirect to page "B"

Deletion and undeletion

Only administrators can delete or undelete pages.

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