Help:FAQ

Revision as of 14:47, 19 October 2010

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

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 correcting 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 destroying something?: No! Your input is highly appriciated and you are not able to destroy 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 category. To describe this new category follow the red link and write a small description. Examples 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.

Is there a spelling check?: No, not inside the Mediawiki software. We kindly ask you to activate spelling check in your browser and help to find and correct existing misspellings!

I don't want my content to be accessible 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 user group "student". We select the members of this group carefully, so that your lecture notes 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 lecture notes 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 colleagues or students if they like to contribute! They can ask for invitation in the menu "contact".

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

I need special help for my article, the given explanations 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 explanations are also valid inside here!

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 ;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.
+;Is there a spelling check?: No, not inside the Mediawiki software. We kindly ask you to activate spelling check in your browser and help to find and correct existing misspellings!
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