9 things you need to know about the Crankshaft Coalition wiki
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#At the top of each wiki article is a "discussion" tab. You can use the discussion page to discuss any article. You may want to ask the opinion of some other wiki editors regarding a specific change, or you may want to start a discussion about future additions to the article, etc. Also, the discussion page leaves a written record of the thought process that went into each article. To discuss an article, simply click the discussion tab. If a discussion about that article is already in place, simply edit its page. If not, you'll be directed to a posting box. Start the discussion for that page by typing in the box and clicking the "Save page" button, just like you were editing an article. | #At the top of each wiki article is a "discussion" tab. You can use the discussion page to discuss any article. You may want to ask the opinion of some other wiki editors regarding a specific change, or you may want to start a discussion about future additions to the article, etc. Also, the discussion page leaves a written record of the thought process that went into each article. To discuss an article, simply click the discussion tab. If a discussion about that article is already in place, simply edit its page. If not, you'll be directed to a posting box. Start the discussion for that page by typing in the box and clicking the "Save page" button, just like you were editing an article. | ||
#Don't copy-paste information into the wiki posting box. In most cases, it will be covered by copyright, and it's illegal to copy it. Any text entered into the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki must be accompanied by a promise that you wrote it yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Fortunately, once your original writing is entered into the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki, it's covered under a special "Creative Commons" license that allows it to be freely shared and copied. For more information on this, see [[Project:Copyrights]]. | #Don't copy-paste information into the wiki posting box. In most cases, it will be covered by copyright, and it's illegal to copy it. Any text entered into the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki must be accompanied by a promise that you wrote it yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Fortunately, once your original writing is entered into the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki, it's covered under a special "Creative Commons" license that allows it to be freely shared and copied. For more information on this, see [[Project:Copyrights]]. | ||
| − | #On a wiki article page, don't sign your name. Since everyone edits everyone else's work, this would ultimately result in hundreds of signatures interspersed throughout a page. However, on a discussion page, please sign your name. If you're logged in, you can just type 4 tilde characters for your signature, like this <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. The tilde character will probably be located in the top-left corner of your keyboard. | + | #On a wiki article page, don't sign your name. Since everyone edits everyone else's work, this would ultimately result in hundreds of signatures interspersed throughout a page. However, on a discussion page, please sign your name. If you're logged in, you can just type 4 tilde characters for your signature, like this: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. The tilde character will probably be located in the top-left corner of your keyboard. Alternatively, you can click the "signature" button on the posting screen (second button from the right). |
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