Difference between revisions of "Help:Contents"

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A Note about Help

The principle of transparency of operation, under which OutHistory.org functions, means that as much "how to" info as possible should be detailed here in the Help section. If a user forgets how to do something, or wants to learn how to do something for the first time, clear information should be provided here. Knowledge of the site's operation should be independent of any particular person.

Help Contents in Alphabetical Order

Adminster OutHistory.org

Arbitration Committee

Audio Uploads

Block Formatting

Bureaucrats

Categories/Categorizing

Citations

Comments

Contact OutHistory.org

Color Formatting

see MediaWiki Color Formatting Help

Controversial Entry

Create an Open Entry

Create a Protected Entry by a Named Author

Delete Comments

Default Sorting

Diacritical Marks

Discuss

Greybox

Edit

Footnotes

Format Article Publication Entry

Format Audio Recording Entry

Format Book Publication Entry

Format Film/Video Entry

Format Open, Collaborative Entry

Format Protected Entry by Named Creator

How Does OutHistory.org Work?

Images

Indent

Infobox

Links

Namespaces

Networking

Nowiki code

Page

Paragraph Spacing

Participate

Help:Photograph Uploads

Redirect

Resizing Photos

Rotator

Scanning

Searching

Help:Site Notice on Top of Page

Sorting

Spacing

Spam

Stubs

Stewards

Synopses

System Operation (Sysop)

Table

Table of Contents (TOC)

Templates

Text uploads

Time Era Search

Timeline Search

Titles

Uploading Files

User Management

Video Uploads

What Links Here

Wikipedia:Help Contents

Wikipedia:Help Desk

Wikipedia:Help Editing

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+'''A Note about Help'''
+The principle of transparency of operation, under which OutHistory.org functions, means that as much "how to" info as possible should be detailed here in the Help section.  If a user forgets how to do something, or wants to learn how to do something for the first time, clear information should be provided here. Knowledge of the site's operation should be independent of any particular person.
 ==Help Contents in Alphabetical Order==
-{| align="right"
+===[[Help:Administer OutHistory.org|Adminster OutHistory.org]]===
-| __TOC__
+:see also: [[Help:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]]
-|}
+:see also: [[Help:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]]
+:see also: [[Help:Stewards|Stewards]]
+:see also: [[Help:User Management|User Management]]
+===[[Help:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]]===
+===[[Help:Audio uploads|Audio Uploads]]===
+===[[Help:Block Formatting|Block Formatting]]===
+===[[Help:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]]===
+===[[Help:Categories|Categories/Categorizing]]===
+===[[Help:Citations|Citations]]===
+===[[Help:Comments|Comments]]===
+===[[Help:Contact OutHistory.org|Contact OutHistory.org]]===
+===Contents===
+:see [[Help:Table of Contents|Table of Contents (TOC)]]
+===Color Formatting===
+:see [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help MediaWiki Color Formatting Help]
+===[[Help:Controversial Entry|Controversial  Entry]]===
+===[[Help:Create an Open Entry|Create an Open Entry]]===
+:see also: Format
+===[[Help:Create a Protected Entry by a Named Author| Create a Protected Entry by a Named Author]]===
+:see also: Format
+===[[Help:Delete Comments|Delete Comments]]===
+===[[Help:Default Sorting|Default Sorting]]===
+===[[Help:Diacritical Marks|Diacritical Marks]]===
+===[[Help:Discuss|Discuss]]===
+===[[Help:Greybox|Greybox]]===
+===[[Help:Edit|Edit]]===
+===[[Help:Footnotes|Footnotes]]===
+===[[Help:Format Article Publication Entry|Format Article Publication Entry]]===
+===[[Help:Format Audio Recording Entry|Format Audio Recording Entry]]===
+===[[Help:Format Book Publication|Format Book Publication Entry]]===
+===[[Help:Format Film/Video Entry|Format Film/Video Entry]]===
+===[[Help:Format Open, Collaborative Entry|Format Open, Collaborative Entry]]===
-===[[Help:Categories|Categories]]===
+===[[Help:Format Protected Entry by Named Creator|Format Protected Entry by Named Creator]]===
 ===[[Help:How Does OutHistory.org Work?|How Does OutHistory.org Work?]]===
-===[[Help:Discussing Articles|Discussing Articles]]===
+===[[Help:Images|Images]]===
-To discuss any article, click on the "discuss" link above the article. You do not have to be logged on to discuss an article.
+===[[Help:Indent|Indent]]===
-===[[Help:Editing Articles|Editing Articles]]===
+===[[Help:Infobox|Infobox]]===
-To Edit an article, click on the "EDIT" link above the article. You must be signed in to edit an article. If an article is protected, you will only be able to see the source of the article but not edit it.
+===[[Help:Links|Links]]===
+===[[Help:Namespace|Namespaces]]===
-===Uploading Files===
+===[[Help:Networking|Networking]]===
-To upload images and other media you must be signed in. To upload files, click on the "upload file" link located near the bottom of the red side navigation bar.
+===[[Help:nowiki code|Nowiki code]]===
+===[[Help:Page|Page]]===
-=== Creating a New Entry ===
+===[[Help:Paragraph Spacing|Paragraph Spacing]]===
-Before creating a new entry, take a moment to create a suitable title. Try something descriptive, brief, and (and as this is a history site) include the date.
+===[[Help:Participate|Participate]]===
-Formats we prefer:
+===[[Help:Photograph Uploads]]===
-:Title: Place, Month day, year
+===[[Help:Redirect|Redirect]]===
-:Title: Place, year
-:Title, year-year
-:Title, year
-Examples of good entry titles:
+===[[Help:Resizing Photos|Resizing Photos]]===
-:Mathew Giles: New Hampshire, July 4, 1663
+===[[Help:Rotator|Rotator]]===
-:Ma Rainey's "Prove It On Me Blues," 1928
-:John W. Sterling and James O. Bloss, 1870-1918
-:The Lesbian In Literature, 1967-1981
+===[[Help:Scanning|Scanning]]===
-'''Note''': Do not use special characters such as & and % in entry titles, they will cut off the title in the middle.  While you can use quotations marks in entry titles, do not begin your title with them.
+===[[Help:Searching|Searching]]===
+===[[Help:Site Notice on Top of Page]]===
-Once you have your title, enter it into the Search box to see if there is a entry that already has the same name or that has similar content. If there is an entry with the same content and is not protected, add to and/or edit the existing page. If there is not an entry with same name/content there are several ways make your new page.
+===[[Help:Sorting|Sorting]]===
+===[[Help:Spacing|Spacing]]===
-.) If your Search results are "No page title matches" then click on your page title (in red) and it will lead you directly to your new page. Select EDIT (on the yellow bar) and add your content. Remember to Preview and Save!
+===[[Help:Spam|Spam]]===
+===[[Help:Stubbs|Stubs]]===
-.) You can also make a new page from an existing page in EDIT mode. To make a new entry from an existing page, put square brackets around your desired entry title or use the internal link button (the blue underlined Ab) in your editing bar. They do the same thing.
+===[[Help:Stewards|Stewards]]===
+===[[Help:Synopses|Synopses]]===
-:'''Ex.''' To make a page entitled ''The History of OutHistory, 2006-''  you would would type this <nowiki>[[The History of OutHistory, 2006- ]]</nowiki>
+===[[Help:System Operation (Sysop)|System Operation (Sysop)]]===
+===[[Help:Table|Table]]===
-.) You can also make a new entry by typing your title directly into the URL Address bar in your browser window. In the Address bar that says <nowiki>http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Main_Page </nowiki>, erase anything after wiki/ and type in your title.
+===[[Help:Table of Contents|Table of Contents (TOC)]]===
+===[[Help:Templates|Templates]]===
-:'''Ex.''' To make a page entitled ''The History of OutHistory, 2006-''  you would would type this <nowiki>http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/The History of OutHistory, 2006- </nowiki>
+===[[Help:Text Uploads|Text uploads]]===
+===[[Help:Time Era Search|Time Era Search]]===
-'''Note:''' The interlinking of pages is what makes the entire site function therefore we recommend that you create a new page from an existing page (like option 2). If you choose to create a page indirectly by way of the Search Box or through the Address bar, remember to link it an existing, related page or add a few categories so that other users can find your page.
+===[[Help:Timeline Search|Timeline Search]]===
+===[[Help:Titles|Titles]]===
-=== How to Edit? ===
+===[[Help:Uploading Files|Uploading Files]]===
-To find out about the mechanics of editing articles, i.e. how to link to other pages, how to make text bold or italic, how to write headlines, put images into a page, align text and image, and etc., see [[Help:Editing|editing help]].  To practice editing use our [[OutHistory:Sandbox]]
+===[[Help:User Management|User Management]]===
+:see also: [[Help:Administer OutHistory.org|Adminster OutHistory.org]]
+===[[Help:Video Uploads|Video Uploads]]===
-OutHistory uses the same software as Wikipedia, so if you have a question that our Help pages doesn't answer, there's a good chance Wikipedia will have it covered in their Help pages.
+===[[What Links Here]]===
+===[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia:Help Contents]===
-Also, we find that it's helpful to look at existing pages in EDIT or VIEW SOURCE (for locked pages) mode to see how other users have formatted their pages
+===[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk#adding_spaces_between_letters.3F Wikipedia:Help Desk]===
+===[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Editing_Wikipedia Wikipedia:Help Editing]===
+{{Protected}}
-=== Other Topics ===
+[[Category:Help Pages]]
-* [[Help:Categories|Categories]]
+__NOTOC__
-* [[Help:Citations|Citations]]
-* [[Help:Diacritical Marks|Diacritical Marks]]
-* [[Help:Editing|Editing]]
-* [[Help:Footnotes|Footnotes]]
-* [[Help:Images|Images]]
-* [[Help:Namespace|Namespaces]]
-* [[Help:Paragraph Spacing|Paragraph Spacing]]
-* [[Help:Redirect|Redirects]]
-* [[Help:Table of Contents|Table of Contents (TOC)]]
-* [[Help:Templates|Templates]]
-* [[Help:User Management|User Management]]
-* [[Help:Timeline Entries and Summaries|Timeline Entries and Summaries]]
-[[Category:Help Pages]]
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Difference between revisions of "Help:Contents"

Latest revision as of 20:07, 26 June 2011

Help Contents in Alphabetical Order

Contents

Color Formatting

Navigation menu

Search