Help:Comments

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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