Help:Contents
General help
(For an introduction to wiki sites, try Wikipedia's Tutorial or Help contents page.)
- How to start a new article
- How to edit a page: a good introduction to editing pages on a wiki like this
- Wikipedia Help: comprehensive help on wikis and MediaWiki software (which Oberwiki uses)
Oberwiki-specific help
- Oberwiki:Conventions: a few article naming conventions
- Help:Image galleries: how to create a gallery of uploaded images
- Help:Maps: how to put a Google Map on an Oberwiki page
Linking to Wikipedia
Linking to Wikipedia's a great thing if you think someone might want more information on a topic that doesn't pertain to Oberlin in any way (like the public domain!). To create a link to an article on Wikipedia, this is what you type:
[[Wikipedia:Page Title Here|Text to be displayed]]
Categories:
