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1. Login as a System Operator (Sysop). | 1. Login as a System Operator (Sysop). | ||
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You need special permission to become a Sysop: email OutHistory to request Sysop privileges. | You need special permission to become a Sysop: email OutHistory to request Sysop privileges. | ||
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| − | go to the Comment <discuss> section and use the url with | + | go to the Comment <discuss> section |
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| + | and use the url with Discuss: as | ||
http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Discuss:Fdsa | http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Discuss:Fdsa | ||
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| + | 3. Protect the discuss page. | ||
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| + | ==Delete Comment Texts== | ||
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| + | To delete comment texts after they have been posted, a Sysops must edit the Discuss page manually to delete any comment posted. | ||
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| + | Log in, then go to Discuss page and do one of the following: | ||
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| + | 1. Click Special Pages > Click All Pages > Select Discuss namespace and search for the page. | ||
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| + | 2. Click Recent Changes > Click ‘Discuss’ link beside any Article link | ||
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| + | 3. You can also go to any Discuss page by doing the following. | ||
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| + | If a there is an article titled Test and the link is | ||
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| + | http://outhistory.org/wiki/Test | ||
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| + | just add Discuss: before the article name | ||
| − | + | and browse http://outhistory.org/wiki/Discuss:Test | |
Revision as of 10:33, 1 December 2009
THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN CONSTRUCTION--NOT FINAL
Block Comment Function on a Particular Page
1. Login as a System Operator (Sysop).
You need special permission to become a Sysop: email OutHistory to request Sysop privileges.
2. Go to the Comment <Discuss?> section of an article, at the bottom of the page.
Example: if a page link is
http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Test.
go to the Comment <discuss> section
and use the url with Discuss: as
http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Discuss:Fdsa
3. Protect the discuss page.
Delete Comment Texts
To delete comment texts after they have been posted, a Sysops must edit the Discuss page manually to delete any comment posted.
Log in, then go to Discuss page and do one of the following:
1. Click Special Pages > Click All Pages > Select Discuss namespace and search for the page.
2. Click Recent Changes > Click ‘Discuss’ link beside any Article link
3. You can also go to any Discuss page by doing the following.
If a there is an article titled Test and the link is
http://outhistory.org/wiki/Test
just add Discuss: before the article name
and browse http://outhistory.org/wiki/Discuss:Test
