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*[[Shifti:Policy]] - What's allowed and not allowed, and what the goals of the site are
*[[Shifti:Policy]] - What's allowed and not allowed, and what the goals of the site are
*[[Help:Posting stories]] - A guide specifically intended for helping users post stories to the site.
*Basic formatting
*[[Help:Editing]] - A basic overview of general page editing
**[[Help:Posting stories]] - A guide intended to help new users post stories to the site
*[[Help:Page protection]] - Ways to prevent other people from editing your pages
**[[Help:Editing]] - A basic overview of general page editing
*[[Help:Categorization]] - How to add pages to categories and make them sort the way you want them to
**[[Help:Sections]] - How to add chapter headings and otherwise divide up very long pages
*[[Help:Templates]] - Snippets of code to add to pages for decorative and informational purposes
**[[Help:Templates]] - Snippets of code to add to pages for decorative and informational purposes
*[[Help:Talk pages]] - How to post comments about any page on Shifti
**[[Help:Images]] - Shifti is not an image archive, but images for illustrating stories are allowed
**[[Help:Footnotes]] - How to create automatically-formatted footnotes.
*Housekeeping and organizing pages
**[[Help:Page protection]] - Ways to prevent other people from editing your pages
**[[Help:Categorization]] - How to add pages to categories and make them sort the way you want them to
**[[Help:Talk pages]] - How to post comments about any page on Shifti
**[[Help:User pages]] - Your homepage on Shifti
**[[Help:Watchlist]] - If you've got numerous stories posted, a watchlist can help you keep track of comments people add to them.
**[[Help:Semantic tags]] - All about the semantic tagging templates that are available
*Other Topics
**[[Help:Semantic search]] - All about how to use the specialized search facilities built into the semantic extension
**[[Help:Custom css]] - You don't like how some facet of the site is displayed? Change it with some custom CSS!


See also [[Shifti:Sandbox]], a page whose only purpose is for users to experiment with editing on.
See also [[Shifti:Sandbox]], a page whose only purpose is for users to experiment with editing on.
To request assistance, see [[Shifti:Administrators]].
For a much more comprehensive guide to MediaWiki in general, see the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki handbook] over at the Meta wiki.

Latest revision as of 22:32, 15 February 2009

  • Shifti:Policy - What's allowed and not allowed, and what the goals of the site are
  • Basic formatting
    • Help:Posting stories - A guide intended to help new users post stories to the site
    • Help:Editing - A basic overview of general page editing
    • Help:Sections - How to add chapter headings and otherwise divide up very long pages
    • Help:Templates - Snippets of code to add to pages for decorative and informational purposes
    • Help:Images - Shifti is not an image archive, but images for illustrating stories are allowed
    • Help:Footnotes - How to create automatically-formatted footnotes.
  • Housekeeping and organizing pages
  • Other Topics
    • Help:Semantic search - All about how to use the specialized search facilities built into the semantic extension
    • Help:Custom css - You don't like how some facet of the site is displayed? Change it with some custom CSS!

See also Shifti:Sandbox, a page whose only purpose is for users to experiment with editing on.

To request assistance, see Shifti:Administrators.

For a much more comprehensive guide to MediaWiki in general, see the MediaWiki handbook over at the Meta wiki.