WikiGuidelines
From OOo4Kids
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Wiki Guidelines |
Wiki Syntax
Best practices
- Read and respect the MediaWiki syntax manual
- If you want to try a syntax use a Sandbox
Tips
- Get the MediaWiki Cheatsheet
- For French people we recommend the book "Wikipédia : Comprendre et participer" by Sébastien Blondeel (around EUR 5,90)
Creating a page
Best practices
- Don't create a page as an anonymous user.
- Write your content in english
- Use the preview mode before saving a page
- Fill the "resume" field with the correct TAG (cf. tags list) and a correct description of your modification
- Think to use the "Minor" checkbox if necessary
Templates
OOo4Kids wiki proposes a large set of templates. They're suppose to help you to reduce the time to write a page and to keep a good level of consistancy in the design and the organization.
Best practices
- Try to use templates as much as possible.
- If you write regularly for the same portion of wiki code create (or ask to someone) a new template instead of making a copy/paste
Discussions
OOo4Kids is based on MediaWiki. The tools provide a solution for separating the content of the page and the discussion : it's the "discuss" tab.
Best practices
- Used the "discuss" tab for discussion
- Sign your contribution
Signing
Best practices
- To maintain the project history, it is recommended to sign the changelogs
- Else, sign all your modifications in a discussion tab
- It is not a good idea to sign in an article, because it's a community document !
Exception : in the discussions tabs (see the previous item) : sign a question helps a lot, and gives a sense to the discussion ;)
