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On the left-hand toolbar, there is a link called 'special pages'. This link takes you to a big long list of different pages in the 'Special:' namespace, which are built-in to MediaWiki and let you see all sorts of interesting and useful things, like a list of 'orphaned pages' (pages that are not linked to by any other page), or the full feed of recent changes. | On the left-hand toolbar, there is a link called 'special pages'. This link takes you to a big long list of different pages in the 'Special:' namespace, which are built-in to MediaWiki and let you see all sorts of interesting and useful things, like a list of 'orphaned pages' (pages that are not linked to by any other page), or the full feed of recent changes. | ||
Example page: [[Special: | Example page: [[Special:RecentChanges]] | ||
===Templates=== | ===Templates=== | ||
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==Editing== | ==Editing== | ||
Editing is how you make changes to the wiki. Anyone can do it! | |||
Everything discussed with source text provided here can also be done via the visual editor, using options from the drop-down menus at the top of the editor, which automatically create the source text for the article based on what is input. Trying to enter source text into the visual editor will typically not work, though sometimes it will surface a dialogue which tries to guess at what you were trying to do. | Everything discussed with source text provided here can also be done via the visual editor, using options from the drop-down menus at the top of the editor, which automatically create the source text for the article based on what is input. Trying to enter source text into the visual editor will typically not work, though sometimes it will surface a dialogue which tries to guess at what you were trying to do. | ||
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Generally, one should avoid creating external links in articles when not necessary, as the bulk of the external referencing should use citations rather than direct links. When an external website is being used to support a claim being made within the text of an article, direct external links should not be used. You can, however, use them in the 'External links' section of an article, or to link a company website in their Cargo table/infobox. External links are created by placing square brackets around a URL. The alternate display text will be anything after a space ( ). | Generally, one should avoid creating external links in articles when not necessary, as the bulk of the external referencing should use citations rather than direct links. When an external website is being used to support a claim being made within the text of an article, direct external links should not be used. You can, however, use them in the 'External links' section of an article, or to link a company website in their Cargo table/infobox. External links are created by placing square brackets around a URL. The alternate display text will be anything after a space ( ). | ||
For example, <code><nowiki>[https://consumerrights.wiki The Consumer Rights Wiki]</nowiki></code> will display as [https://consumerrights.wiki The Consumer Rights Wiki], whereas <code><nowiki>[https://consumerrights.wiki]</nowiki></code> with no alternate display text will display as a | For example, <code><nowiki>[https://consumerrights.wiki The Consumer Rights Wiki]</nowiki></code> will display as [https://consumerrights.wiki The Consumer Rights Wiki], whereas <code><nowiki>[https://consumerrights.wiki]</nowiki></code> with no alternate display text will display as a numbered link: [https://consumerrights.wiki]. | ||
==Common templates== | ==Common templates== | ||
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Cargo tables are how the Wiki stores structured, machine-readable data about its articles — things like a company's founding year, industry, and website, or an incident's affected product and current status. This is the data that populates the infobox you see at the top of articles like [[John Deere]], and the same data is also consumed by external projects such as the [https://github.com/FULU-Foundation/CRW-Extension Consumer Rights Wiki browser extension], as well as anyone wanting hard data on the Wiki's contents. | Cargo tables are how the Wiki stores structured, machine-readable data about its articles — things like a company's founding year, industry, and website, or an incident's affected product and current status. This is the data that populates the infobox you see at the top of articles like [[John Deere]], and the same data is also consumed by external projects such as the [https://github.com/FULU-Foundation/CRW-Extension Consumer Rights Wiki browser extension], as well as anyone wanting hard data on the Wiki's contents. | ||
Which Cargo template a given article uses is determined by its [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki: | Which Cargo template a given article uses is determined by its [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Article_types|article type]]. The main ones you'll see are: | ||
* [[Template:CompanyCargo]] | *[[Template:CompanyCargo]] for company articles | ||
* [[Template:ProductCargo]] | *[[Template:ProductCargo]] for product and product-line articles | ||
* [[Template:IncidentCargo]] | *[[Template:IncidentCargo]] for incident articles | ||
If you start a new article via the [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:New_here|'Create a page']] link in the sidebar, the Cargo table is filled out for you based on your answers to the form. Otherwise, you'll see syntax like the following near the top of the source: | If you start a new article via the [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:New_here|'Create a page']] link in the sidebar, the Cargo table is filled out for you based on your answers to the form. Otherwise, you'll see syntax like the following near the top of the source: | ||
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Their only contents are a single line reading <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target page name]]</nowiki></code>. | Their only contents are a single line reading <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target page name]]</nowiki></code>. | ||
It is bad practice to have one redirect pointing to another (this is a 'double redirect'), and if you leave too many lying around, [[User: | It is bad practice to have one redirect pointing to another (this is a 'double redirect'), and if you leave too many lying around, [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson]] might shout at you! | ||
==Transclusion== | ==Transclusion== | ||
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===Moderator=== | ===Moderator=== | ||
Moderators have all Superconfirmed permissions, plus the ability to confirm or block users and IPs, and to protect pages. | Moderators have all Superconfirmed permissions, plus the ability to confirm or block users and IPs, and to protect pages. | ||
[[Category:CRW]] | [[Category:CRW]] | ||
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