User:Sirdog/Quick editing guide: Difference between revisions

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== Creating pages ==

Creating pages is simple, yet unintuitive. One simply uses the search bar at the top right of any page and makes a search for the page (spelling and character-case matter) they would like to exist. A new page will appear telling the user the page does not yet exist and if they wish to create it. The user will click the red text that is the new page name, and then edit normally. Once the first edit to the page is published, the page ~~will go~~ live.

Creating pages is simple, yet unintuitive. One simply uses the search bar at the top right of any page and makes a search for the page (spelling and character-case matter) they would like to exist. A new page will appear telling the user the page does not yet exist and ask if they wish to create it. The user will click the red text that is the new page name, and then edit normally. Once the first edit to the page is published the page goes live.

== Renaming pages ==

Unlike traditional word processing systems, such as Google Docs, MediaWiki uses the title of a page as it's internal database identifier. Page names are not cosmetic. The changing of a page's name in any way is called, in MediaWiki terminology, ''moving'' the page. This is because the edit history and meta data have to be ''moved'' to the new page name ~~for posterity~~. This is accomplished by hovering your mouse over the button that says "More" and selecting "Move".

Unlike traditional word processing systems, such as Google Docs, MediaWiki uses the title of a page as it's internal database identifier. Page names are not cosmetic. The changing of a page's name in any way is called, in MediaWiki terminology, '''''moving''''' the page. This is because the edit history and meta data have to be '''''moved''''' to the new page name as well. This is accomplished by hovering your mouse over the button that says "More" and selecting "Move".

=== Redirects and page name importance ===

Something to keep in mind when changing a page's name is that any links on the wiki which point to it will, by default, break. So if a page titled [[Gummybears]] is moved to [[Gummy bears]] any page with a link to [[Gummybears]] will lead to a now non-existent page. This issue is mitigated by, when using the move tool, ensuring the checkbox for "Leave a redirect behind" is ticked. This then makes [[Gummybears]] automatically redirect a user that goes to it to [[Gummy bears|Gummy bears.]] This is generally the acceptable means of handling this issue in 99% of cases. If a situation comes up where this is ''not'' desirable, then every page that links to [[Gummybears]] will need to be manually edited to lead to [[Gummy bears]].

Non-regular editors of the war game wiki are encouraged to seek guidance from a wiki administrator or seasoned contributor before moving pages.

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 == Creating pages ==
-Creating pages is simple, yet unintuitive. One simply uses the search bar at the top right of any page and makes a search for the page (spelling and character-case matter) they would like to exist. A new page will appear telling the user the page does not yet exist and if they wish to create it. The user will click the red text that is the new page name, and then edit normally. Once the first edit to the page is published, the page will go live.
+Creating pages is simple, yet unintuitive. One simply uses the search bar at the top right of any page and makes a search for the page (spelling and character-case matter) they would like to exist. A new page will appear telling the user the page does not yet exist and ask if they wish to create it. The user will click the red text that is the new page name, and then edit normally. Once the first edit to the page is published the page goes live.
 == Renaming pages ==
-Unlike traditional word processing systems, such as Google Docs, MediaWiki uses the title of a page as it's internal database identifier. Page names are not cosmetic. The changing of a page's name in any way is called, in MediaWiki terminology, ''moving'' the page. This is because the edit history and meta data have to be ''moved'' to the new page name for posterity. This is accomplished by hovering your mouse over the button that says "More" and selecting "Move".
+Unlike traditional word processing systems, such as Google Docs, MediaWiki uses the title of a page as it's internal database identifier. Page names are not cosmetic. The changing of a page's name in any way is called, in MediaWiki terminology, '''''moving''''' the page. This is because the edit history and meta data have to be '''''moved''''' to the new page name as well. This is accomplished by hovering your mouse over the button that says "More" and selecting "Move".
+=== Redirects and page name importance ===
+Something to keep in mind when changing a page's name is that any links on the wiki which point to it will, by default, break. So if a page titled [[Gummybears]] is moved to [[Gummy bears]] any page with a link to [[Gummybears]] will lead to a now non-existent page. This issue is mitigated by, when using the move tool, ensuring the checkbox for "Leave a redirect behind" is ticked. This then makes [[Gummybears]] automatically redirect a user that goes to it to [[Gummy bears|Gummy bears.]] This is generally the acceptable means of handling this issue in 99% of cases. If a situation comes up where this is ''not'' desirable, then every page that links to [[Gummybears]] will need to be manually edited to lead to [[Gummy bears]].
+Non-regular editors of the war game wiki are encouraged to seek guidance from a wiki administrator or seasoned contributor before moving pages.