9 things you need to know about the Crankshaft Coalition wiki
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| − | ==What is a wiki | + | ==What is a wiki== |
A wiki is a piece of software. It's like a word processor (software used to edit documents, like Microsoft Word) combined with a bulletin board (software used to enable discussions between groups of people, like the [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum Hotrodders Bulletin Board]). On a wiki, groups of people work together to edit articles. There are thousands of different wikis on the internet, the most famous (and largest) one being [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. This wiki, the [http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Crankshaft_Coalition_Wiki ''Crankshaft Coalition Wiki''], is focused on hotrodding information. | A wiki is a piece of software. It's like a word processor (software used to edit documents, like Microsoft Word) combined with a bulletin board (software used to enable discussions between groups of people, like the [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum Hotrodders Bulletin Board]). On a wiki, groups of people work together to edit articles. There are thousands of different wikis on the internet, the most famous (and largest) one being [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. This wiki, the [http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Crankshaft_Coalition_Wiki ''Crankshaft Coalition Wiki''], is focused on hotrodding information. | ||
| − | ==How does the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki work?== | + | ===How does the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki work?=== |
Anyone, including YOU, can edit any of the articles in the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki. Just click the "edit" tab at the top of the page, or, click the "edit" link that appears to the right-hand side of each article subsection. Once you do that, you'll see the text of the page in a posting box on the resulting screen. From there, you can add, remove, or edit the text. To save your edit, click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. You may also add a brief description of the edit. Don't worry about screwing anything up; every time a wiki page is edited, the previous version is saved. It's very easy to roll back to a previous version. In fact, you can see the editing history of a wiki page by clicking the "history" tab at the top of the page. | Anyone, including YOU, can edit any of the articles in the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki. Just click the "edit" tab at the top of the page, or, click the "edit" link that appears to the right-hand side of each article subsection. Once you do that, you'll see the text of the page in a posting box on the resulting screen. From there, you can add, remove, or edit the text. To save your edit, click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. You may also add a brief description of the edit. Don't worry about screwing anything up; every time a wiki page is edited, the previous version is saved. It's very easy to roll back to a previous version. In fact, you can see the editing history of a wiki page by clicking the "history" tab at the top of the page. | ||
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You can use the buttons at the top of the posting box to format your text, insert headlines, and add links. For more information see the Wikipedia.org article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page] and the [http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Help:Contents Help] page here on the Crankshaft Coalition wiki. | You can use the buttons at the top of the posting box to format your text, insert headlines, and add links. For more information see the Wikipedia.org article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page] and the [http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Help:Contents Help] page here on the Crankshaft Coalition wiki. | ||
| − | ==What about "[http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Help:Protected_pages protected pages] | + | ==What about "[http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Help:Protected_pages protected pages]?== |
Bear in mind that the power of the wiki concept lies in its openness and accessibility. Only certain wiki pages are "protected" from open editing by having their editing privileges restricted. This protects information that has no reason to be edited (like rules and matters of policy as an example) except by the Bureaucrat in charge (Jon). | Bear in mind that the power of the wiki concept lies in its openness and accessibility. Only certain wiki pages are "protected" from open editing by having their editing privileges restricted. This protects information that has no reason to be edited (like rules and matters of policy as an example) except by the Bureaucrat in charge (Jon). | ||
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Vandalous entries are deleted as soon as they're detected. This almost always includes blocking the user name or IP address. Trolls, while rare, are obviously frowned upon and are dealt with on a case-by-case basis by the Bureaucrat in charge (Jon) or ''possibly'' the admin staff if the situation warrants. | Vandalous entries are deleted as soon as they're detected. This almost always includes blocking the user name or IP address. Trolls, while rare, are obviously frowned upon and are dealt with on a case-by-case basis by the Bureaucrat in charge (Jon) or ''possibly'' the admin staff if the situation warrants. | ||
| − | ==How can I discuss a | + | ==How can I discuss or ask questions about a wiki article?== |
You can use the "discussion" page to start a dialog about any article. At the top of each wiki article is a discussion tab. Simply click the discussion tab to open a [http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Help:Talk_pages talk page] for that particular wiki article. If the discussion page hasn't been used yet, the discussion tab will be seen in red at the top of the page. If a discussion about that article has already started, simply edit the page to add your thoughts, then save it as if you were editing an article. | You can use the "discussion" page to start a dialog about any article. At the top of each wiki article is a discussion tab. Simply click the discussion tab to open a [http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Help:Talk_pages talk page] for that particular wiki article. If the discussion page hasn't been used yet, the discussion tab will be seen in red at the top of the page. If a discussion about that article has already started, simply edit the page to add your thoughts, then save it as if you were editing an article. | ||
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