Help:Navigation
Wikis have a lot of information, and on this page, we help you find the information in WHTwiki.
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Overview
You'll find these navigation elements in WHTwiki:
- The top navigation bar has links to pages with information about this wiki that needs quick access.
- Page-specific links appear below the top navigation bar and above each article.
- Personal tools appear on the right sidebar if you're logged in, and a Log in / create account link appears if you aren't.
- The toolbox, also on the right sidebar, has links to wiki tools.
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Top navigation
- Main Page is the wiki term for the Home page.
- New Pages lists pages that have been created recently.
- Recent Changes allows you to track the last edits made in the wiki (see Tracking changes).
- Participate provides links to pages with information that new and returning members can use to participate at WHTwiki.
- About contains the story behind WHTwiki.
- Policies has WHTwiki policies and links to other pages with guidelines and policies for WHTwiki.
- Help has links to pages with information to help people use WHTwiki.
- Contact describes how to contact the people behind WHTwiki and links to the helpdesk and feedback forum.
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Page-specific links
- The Discussion page associated with the page being displayed is where members can discuss changes being considered to the page content.
- Edit takes members to the edit box for the page. It's a good idea to check the talk page before before editing a page.
- View source appears instead of Edit for pages that have been protected.
- History displays a record of all edits done to the page and who did them.
- Watch adds the page to your watchlist (see below).
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Personal tools
- <Username> links to your user page.
- My talk links to your user talk page, where people can leave messages for you.
- Preferences allows you to change your personal site preferences.
- My watchlist is a list of all pages that you are watching. Pages can be added to this list by clicking Watch at the top of the page. On your Preferences page, you can opt to be emailed when pages on your watchlist change.
- My contributions is a list of all contributions you have made to the wiki.
- Log out is self-explanatory: click this link to log out of the wiki.
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Toolbox
- What links here takes you to a page that lists the pages on this wiki that contain a link to the current page. This is helpful when you're looking for pages of related information or tracing broken links.
- The Related changes tool lists all recent changes in the pages linked to from the current page. Recent changes to all relevant template pages are included in the resulting page list. The Hide minor edits option that can be set in the user preferences applies, among other things, to this page.
- Upload file displays a page that allows logged-in users to upload images and other files to the wiki. See Images for more information.
- The Special pages tool lists the MediaWiki special pages. In MediaWiki terminology, a special page is one that presents information about the wiki and/or allows access to administration activities for the wiki. Examples: a list of categories, statistics about the wiki, a list of orphaned pages, and so on. These special pages are commonly generated when the special page is loaded rather than being stored in the wiki database.
- Report this Page opens a helpdesk ticket with a link to the current page in it. You can use it to report problems requiring admin attention, such as people repeatedly spamming or vandalizing pages.
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