Help:FAQ

Here are some of the most urgent questions that might come up for new users in AWF-Wiki

Editing articles

Is it allowed to edit all content for everyone?: Yes, in principle it is. That is the idea of every wiki! All users are asked to contribute and to improve existing articles. Befor you start you should have an idea about your contribution. It might range from corecting misspelling in existing text up to writing new artices.

Who is reviewing my changes?: Everyone! We are a community of forest scientists, so there is a lot of expertise in different fields of knowledge. There is a category summarizing all new articles, that is observed also by a special group of referees in this wiki.

Do i have to be afraid of destroing something?: No! Your input is highly appriciated and you are not able to destroi existing articles by editing. There is always the possibility to restore a former version of an article.

I made a wrong upload, how can i delete it?: If you uploaded a wrong image or document, you are not able to delete it by your own. In this case please enter {{delete}} in the file description.

I want to contribute with a new article, but where?: There is few content up to now, because AWF-Wiki was just launched. If your article is about a topic that do not fit in the existing categories, you can create a new one. Just add {{Category:Your Category name}} at the end of your article to implement a new categaory. To describe this new category follow the red link and write a small description. Excamples for categories are "Silviculture", "Tree species", ...

Is there any place for private content?: No! A wiki is a place, where all content is shared and visible to everyone (including your personal page!).

Do i always have to link to other articles?: Yes, you should! Even if the article is not existent jet, you should link to it. It appears as red link and is an invitation for other users to write this article.

I don't want my content to be accesible for everyone, because it's part of my lecture notes!: Therefor we have a special namespace called "Lecturenotes". All content in this namespace is only visible for the usergroup "student". We select the members of this group carefully, so that your lecturenotes have a certain privacy. To write an article in this namespace use the prefix "Lecturenotes:" in front of the title. An article about simple random sampling of the Forest Inventory lecturenotes would have the title Lecturenotes:Simple random sampling.

It is not possible to create an account, who is selecting the members of this wiki?: Good question! We hope to find members for this community by your public relation. If you are member of an institution in the field of forest science, ask your collegues or students if they like to contribute! They can ask for invitation in the menue "contact".

I don't like to be a member, but someone gave me an account?: Please write an e-mail (menue contact) and we delete you!

I need special help for my article, the given explenations are not enough for me!: You can find more help and examples in the help section of wikipedia! We use the same software (MediaWiki) in AWF-Wiki, so that most explenations are also valid inside here!