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OniGalore is a wiki (a freely editable website). For an overview of how wikis work, see the [[wikipedia:wiki|Wiki]] article on Wikipedia. Note that the editing of OniGalore is currently limited to registered users, to prevent spam. | |||
The software used by OniGalore is MediaWiki (the same as the one developed for projects like Wikipedia by the wikimedia foundation). For general information about MediaWiki, see the [[metawikipedia:Help:Help|Help:Help]] and [[metawikipedia:Help:Contents|Help:Contents]] pages on meta.wikipedia.org. A collection of interwiki links is provided below. | |||
This wiki is rather [[wiktionary:pragmatic|pragmatic]]. So, unlike [[wikipedia:Help:Contents|on Wikipedia]], there are no general rules concerning style: of course we all love a nicely typeset and illustrated page, but it's not always clear how to achieve this. It can always be fixed/undone, but try to experiment in your user space and ask around if you're not sure. | |||
Another issue is organization and updates. This is a small community and active editors of the wiki are typically involved in modding projects. This means the wiki may fail to keep track of a project that has been evolving fast or has been discontinued for some reason. Because we can't do everything at once. | |||
Cleaning up the mess typically requires good knowledge of the topic you're trying to document. If you don't feel competent, you can always try and nag someone knowledgeable into doing the job, but don't overdo it. Messy project-oriented pages don't hurt anyone as long as they're out of the way. | |||
If you're familiar with reading a wiki and are interested in contributing, then you should start with the [[metawikipedia:Help:Editing|Editing]] section of meta's Help, or [[Help:Editing|our own]], which is essentially a short FAQ linking to meta. | |||
== Links to help pages on meta.wikipedia.org == | |||
;[[metawikipedia:Help:Reader|Reading]] | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:Go button|Go]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Searching|Search]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Common words, searching for which is not possible|Stop words]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:URL|URL]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Namespace|Namespace]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Page name|Page name]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Section |Section]] | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:What links here|Backlinks]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Link|Link]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Piped link|Piped link]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Interwiki linking|Interwiki link]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Redirect|Redirect]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Category|Category]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Image page|Image page]] | |||
;Logging in and preferences | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:Logging in|Logging in]] | [[metawikipedia:help:Preferences|Preferences]] | [[metawikipedia:help:User style|User style]] | |||
;[[metawikipedia:Help:Editing|Editing]] | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:Advanced editing|Advanced editing]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Editing FAQ|Editing FAQ]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Edit toolbar|Edit toolbar]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Export|Export]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Import|Import]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Editing shortcuts|Shortcuts]] | |||
;[[metawikipedia:Help:Tracking changes|Tracking changes]] | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:Recent changes|Recent changes]] <small>([[metawikipedia:Help:Enhanced recent changes|enhanced]])</small> | [[metawikipedia:Help:Related changes|Related changes]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Watching pages|Watching pages]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Diff|Diff]] | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:Page history|Page history]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Edit summary|Edit summary]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:User contributions|User contributions]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Minor edit|Minor edit]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Patrolled edit|Patrolled edit]] | |||
;Style & formatting | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:Wikitext examples|Wikitext examples]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Reference card|Reference card]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:HTML in wikitext|HTML in wikitext]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:List|List]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Table|Table]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Sorting|Sorting]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Text_color|Colors]] | |||
;Special input and output | |||
:[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Inputbox Inputbox] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Special characters|Special characters]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Displaying a formula|Displaying a formula]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Images and other uploaded files|Images<small> (uploads)</small>]] | [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline/syntax EasyTimeline] | |||
;Advanced functioning | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:Template|Template]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Advanced templates|Advanced templates]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Parser function|Parser function]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:ParserFunctions|ParserFunctions]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Parameter default|Parameter default]] | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:Variable|Variable]] | [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words Magic word] | [[metawikipedia:Help:System message|System message]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Substitution|Substitution]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Array|Array]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Calculation|Calculation]] | |||
;Page management | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:Starting a new page|Starting a new page]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Moving a page|Renaming (moving) a page]] | [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Administrators#Protection Protecting pages] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Deleting a page|Deleting a page]] | |||
;[[metawikipedia:Help:Special page|Special pages]] | |||
:[[metawikipedia:Help:Talk page|Talk page]] | [[metawikipedia:Help:Testing|Testing]] | [[Test|Sandbox]] | |||
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Revision as of 22:10, 20 August 2010
OniGalore is a wiki (a freely editable website). For an overview of how wikis work, see the Wiki article on Wikipedia. Note that the editing of OniGalore is currently limited to registered users, to prevent spam.
The software used by OniGalore is MediaWiki (the same as the one developed for projects like Wikipedia by the wikimedia foundation). For general information about MediaWiki, see the Help:Help and Help:Contents pages on meta.wikipedia.org. A collection of interwiki links is provided below.
This wiki is rather pragmatic. So, unlike on Wikipedia, there are no general rules concerning style: of course we all love a nicely typeset and illustrated page, but it's not always clear how to achieve this. It can always be fixed/undone, but try to experiment in your user space and ask around if you're not sure.
Another issue is organization and updates. This is a small community and active editors of the wiki are typically involved in modding projects. This means the wiki may fail to keep track of a project that has been evolving fast or has been discontinued for some reason. Because we can't do everything at once.
Cleaning up the mess typically requires good knowledge of the topic you're trying to document. If you don't feel competent, you can always try and nag someone knowledgeable into doing the job, but don't overdo it. Messy project-oriented pages don't hurt anyone as long as they're out of the way.
If you're familiar with reading a wiki and are interested in contributing, then you should start with the Editing section of meta's Help, or our own, which is essentially a short FAQ linking to meta.
Links to help pages on meta.wikipedia.org
- Reading
- Go | Search | Stop words | URL | Namespace | Page name | Section
- Backlinks | Link | Piped link | Interwiki link | Redirect | Category | Image page
- Logging in and preferences
- Logging in | Preferences | User style
- Editing
- Advanced editing | Editing FAQ | Edit toolbar | Export | Import | Shortcuts
- Tracking changes
- Recent changes (enhanced) | Related changes | Watching pages | Diff
- Page history | Edit summary | User contributions | Minor edit | Patrolled edit
- Style & formatting
- Wikitext examples | Reference card | HTML in wikitext | List | Table | Sorting | Colors
- Special input and output
- Inputbox | Special characters | Displaying a formula | Images (uploads) | EasyTimeline
- Advanced functioning
- Template | Advanced templates | Parser function | ParserFunctions | Parameter default
- Variable | Magic word | System message | Substitution | Array | Calculation
- Page management
- Starting a new page | Renaming (moving) a page | Protecting pages | Deleting a page
- Special pages
- Talk page | Testing | Sandbox