Help:Contents - GIST Support

Help:Contents

This page outlines the help pages that describe how to use the MediaWiki software used on MedShelf.org.

[edit] Logging in and Preferences

Help:Searching - describes how to navigate through the site using the search box and other special pages (e.g., Special:Allpages)
Help:Category - explains categories and how they can be used to organize pages
Help:Namespace - explains namespaces and how to use them appropriately

Wiki 101 - a simple editing example with screenshots
Help:Editing - basic editing introductions
Help:Images and other uploaded files - how to upload and link to images and other files
Help:Piped link - explains piped links and when to use them
Help:Wikitext examples - a fairly comprehensive list of wikitext examples

Help:Edit summary - explains the edit "summary box" and how to use it effectively
Help:Minor edit - explains minor edits and when to flag an edit as minor
Help:Show preview - explains how to view a preview before saving your edits

Help:Edit conflict - explains what to do when two people edit the same page at the same time
Help:Link - advanced page describing internal and external links
Help:HTML in wikitext
Help:PubMed links - explains how to link to articles in the PubMed database using the PMID #
Help:Reverting a page to an earlier version - how to revert a page
Help:Section - explains page sections, table of contents, and how to link to sections
Help:Table - how to use and format tables
Help:Template - describes what templates are and how they are typically used

Help:Organizing pages - how to link and organize wiki pages
Help:Protecting pages - how to protect pages (only for administrators)
Help:Deleting pages - how to delete pages (only for administrators)
Help:Redirect - explains redirects and how to use them effectively
Help:Renaming a page - how to rename a page, also called "moving" a page
Help:Starting a new page - how to create a new page
Wiki Genre - describes what a Wiki Genre is and how they can help you consider how to organize and present the information on a page

Help:Diff - describes "diffs" and how to interpret them (e.g., on page histories)
Help:Image page - describes uploaded images and files and changes made to them
Help:Page history - describes the page history pages
Help:Recent changes - describes the Special:Recentchanges page
Help:User contributions - describes user contribution pages (e.g., Special:Contributions/DerekHansen)
Help:Watching pages - describes the Special:Watchlist page

Help:Administrators - describes types of administrators
Help:Administration - describes special administrator abilities
Wiki Team and Wiki Helpers - lists this wiki's administrators and other volunteers

Off-site help pages

MediaWiki Help pages - not all MediaWiki features are exactly the same at MedShelf.org, but most of the information provided on MediaWiki's own help pages relates to this wiki as well.

Other wiki pages of interest

Suggestion Box - for recommending improvements or problems with the wiki content or software
Project:Getting Started and Project:Checklist - help the Wiki Team initially roll out the wiki
About, Copyrights, Disclaimer, and Privacy policy - pages that describe the project and various policies related to it

Special pages of interest

Special pages - a list of all automatically generated "special" pages
All pages - lists all pages in a given namespace
Category pages - shows all existing and wanted categories
File list - lists all images and files that have been uploaded along with some basic statistics
List redirects - lists all redirect pages
Logs - various logs that show various events (e.g., deleting pages, giving users new rights, protecting pages)
Orphaned pages - lists pages that no other page links to
User list - lists all registered users of the system and their status
Wanted categories - lists categories that have been linked to, but are currently empty
Wanted pages - lists pages that have been linked to, but are currently empty