The Mailer Review/Volunteer/Editing Basics - Revision history

Grlucas: Added more. Still more to go.

2020-07-31T12:21:43Z

Added more. Still more to go.

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	{{Big\|Welcome, and thanks again for volunteering to help edit {{PM}}.}}		{{Big\|Welcome, and thanks again for volunteering to help edit {{PM}}.}}
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	Before you do anything else, click your user name, the red link at the top-right, to edit your [[w:Help:User page\|user page]]. Write a brief, professional biography about yourself. A couple of sentences will do. At the very bottom, include one of the following categories: <code><nowiki>[[Category:Student Editors]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Category:Volunteer Editors]]</nowiki></code>. Use the former if you’re helping as part of a class. All others should use the latter. The categories are so you get proper credit for your efforts here.		Before you do anything else, click your user name, the red link at the top-right, to edit your [[w:Help:User page\|user page]]. Write a brief, professional biography about yourself. A couple of sentences will do. At the very bottom, include one of the following categories: <code><nowiki>[[Category:Student Editors]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Category:Volunteer Editors]]</nowiki></code>. Use the former if you’re helping as part of a class. All others should use the latter. The categories are so you get proper credit for your efforts here.

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	== Editing Pages ==		== Editing Pages ==
	See [[w:Help:Editing pages\|Help:Editing pages]].		See [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Editing pages\|Help:Editing pages]].

	== Formatting ==		== Formatting ==
	You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes, or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position.		You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes, or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position.

	See [[w:Help:Formatting\|Help:Formatting]].		See [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Formatting\|Help:Formatting]] (basic) and [[w:Help:Formatting\|Help:Formatting]] (advanced).

	== Links ==		== Links ==
	See [[w:Help:Links\|Help:Links]].		See [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Links\|Help:Links]] (basic) and [[w:Help:Link\|Help:Link]] (advanced).

	== User Page ==		== User Page ==
	See [[w:Help:User page\|Help:User page]].		See [[mediawikiwiki:Help:User page\|Help:User page]] and [[w:Wikipedia:User pages\|Wikipedia:User pages]].

	== Talk Pages ==		== Talk Pages ==
	Every wiki page has an associated talk page, which can be used for discussion and communicating with other users. Talk pages can be accessed by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of the page.		Every wiki page has an associated talk page, which can be used for discussion and communicating with other users. Talk pages can be accessed by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of the page. Certain conventions should be followed when using talk pages.

			See [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Talk pages\|Help:Talk pages]] (basic) and [[w:Help:Talk pages\|Help:Talk pages]] (advanced).

			== Signatures ==
			Used to sign all messages on talk pages, you signature is easily generated with a simple code: <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> (four tildes in a row).

	See [[w:Help:~~Talk pages~~\|Help:~~Talk pages~~]].		See [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Signatures\|Help:Signatures]] (basic) and [[w:Wikipedia:Signatures\|Wikipedia:Signatures]] (advanced).

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Editing Basics}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Editing Basics}}
	[[Category:For Editors]]		[[Category:For Editors]]

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2020-07-05T17:15:07Z

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 {{Big|Welcome, and thanks again for volunteering to help edit {{PM}}.}}
-Before you do anything else, click your user name, the red link at the top-right, to edit your user page. Write a brief, professional biography about yourself. A couple of sentences will do. At the very bottom, include one of the following categories: <code><nowiki>[[Category:Student Editors]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Category:Volunteer Editors]]</nowiki></code>. Use the former if you’re helping as part of a class. All others should use the latter. The categories are so you get proper credit for your efforts here.
+Before you do anything else, click your user name, the red link at the top-right, to edit your [[w:Help:User page|user page]]. Write a brief, professional biography about yourself. A couple of sentences will do. At the very bottom, include one of the following categories: <code><nowiki>[[Category:Student Editors]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Category:Volunteer Editors]]</nowiki></code>. Use the former if you’re helping as part of a class. All others should use the latter. The categories are so you get proper credit for your efforts here.
 This document outlines the very basics that all editors need to know about this platform, MediaWiki, and this site Project Mailer.
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+== Editing Pages ==

Grlucas: Created page.

2020-07-04T14:00:49Z

Created page.

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;">''The Mailer Review''/Volunteer/</span>Editing Basics}}

{{Big|Welcome, and thanks again for volunteering to help edit {{PM}}.}}

Before you do anything else, click your user name, the red link at the top-right, to edit your user page. Write a brief, professional biography about yourself. A couple of sentences will do. At the very bottom, include one of the following categories: <code><nowiki>[[Category:Student Editors]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Category:Volunteer Editors]]</nowiki></code>. Use the former if you’re helping as part of a class. All others should use the latter. The categories are so you get proper credit for your efforts here.

This document outlines the very basics that all editors need to know about this platform, MediaWiki, and this site Project Mailer.

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