Difference between revisions of "User talk:Seanmcox"

Revision as of 09:18, 16 November 2007

Over 1000 posts!!! What a legend, keep up the good work. I aspire to your prolific-iness (is tha word?).

Thanks Aprilstar. :-) --Seanmcox 09:18, 16 November 2007 (MST)

Sean, thanks for your edits. Because of your experience with Wikipedia, FeastUponTheWord, and your edits here, I'm giving you Sysop access. Thanks for your help. Rmiller 15:39, 27 July 2007 (MDT)

I'm honored. :-) --Seanmcox 12:02, 28 July 2007 (MDT)

Oh my gosh, its Seanmcox! Will you autograph my user page! PixieShtick 23:09, 26 August 2007 (MDT)

Done. Figured out how to create those floating menu boxes in the process. --Seanmcox 09:56, 27 August 2007 (MDT)

How do I add a new article? -Thanks

Creating a New Page

The easiest way to do this is to first create a link to the page you would want to create. Links are created using double square brackets as follows: [[Article linked]] or alternatively like [[Article linked|linked text]].

Here they are as actual links. (You can edit this page to see how the code for this looks.)

• Article linked
• linked text

Links to pages that don't exist yet are red, and when you click on those links you are brought to a page where you can create that new content. (an edit screen for the new page)

If you don't have a place you want to link to the new article yet, then another easy fix is to simply search for the article you want to create using the search form in the menu on the left. When you do this, then if the article doesn't exist already you will see the following at the top of this page: "There is no page titled 'Your article title'. You can create this page."

At this point you can click on the handy create this page link to create and begin editing the page. --Seanmcox 21:10, 28 August 2007 (MDT)

Signing Your Posts

Holding discussions on wikis is a bit different from other online discussions. First, you aren't just posting a simple comment when you post, but are editing a comment into a usually preexisting document (documents can have a preexistence too). Many people edit the same document. You can even edit other people's comments. (But don't! Unless of course they're conduct is downright evil or they're posting link spam.)

The somewhat jumbled way of adding comments perhaps somewhat resembles the kinds of conversations one might have if one were passing a note back and forth in class. One notable difference is that on a wiki, you can't distinguish handwriting, color of pen, or anything like that. If you want people to know who wrote a comment, you have to say who you are.

To this end, it is a matter of courtesy to sign one's comments and conversely, it is somewhat rude to neglect to sign one's comments. When you sign your comments it becomes easier to track who said what and when, which similarly makes it easier to follow what's going on in the conversation. Signing your comments then makes your comments more understandable.

Fortunately, this wiki and others like it, have prepared an easy way to sign your comments and there are two alternative. The most common way to leave a signature, is with the following wiki markup ~~~~ which as I'm editing now appears as Seanmcox 21:10, 28 August 2007 (MDT). Just add these four tildes at the end of your comment and then, when you submit the comment, the wiki will automatically replace them with a marker identifying who you are. Optionally, you can also use three tildes ~~~, which provides a somewhat shorter signature like this Seanmcox. (Notice, no date or time.) --Seanmcox 21:10, 28 August 2007 (MDT)