User:Wilhelmbk/sandbox/Editing

Are there basic guidlines?
There are basic guidlines. They are found here.

What is the syntax for a wiki article?
This wiki is built on a software package MediaWiki. There are many many links on the internet to manuals for this tool. You can refer to them, or we have a quick guide here.

What do I do if I forgot my password?
Click the E-mail password button on the login screen. A sysop is not able to retrieve your password for the Wiki. Please do not request help from IT as they cannot help you either. The only way to get it is to get an email.

How do I link to a file, like on the G: drive?
Care must be taken in creating a link to a file. The link created by the author may need to be different for the user. For example, if the author has a clearcase view mapped to a drive and then creates a link to one of the files, the user of the wiki may have that drive mapped to something different and therefore the link will not work.

However, when linking to common drives (drives that are shared and everyone agrees to the mapping) such as the G: drive, the author will need to put the entire path/filename into the link, preceded by file:.

For example, to create a link to the file: G:\Team_Software\Sensors&DataLinks\Wiki_Support\Wiki_Logo_Sized.PNG, you would type it out as:



Result:



Alternatively, the drive-mapping could be replaced by the absolute path. The example above would be written as:

Result:

Folders can also be linked to, like this:

Result:

Special Note: Spaces in the filename or in the path need to be replaced by '%20' and you will have to use the UNC path which means using '\\mp-ms-01\teamdata\' in place of 'G:\' for the path. Here is more information on editing articles.

If I upload a file to the Wiki, does that make it searchable within the Wiki?
No. The quick way to make it searchable is to edit the Wiki so that it contains the text of the table of contents and then create a link to the file on the G drive as described above on this page. An example was done on the DTE page. Check out the source for the MSIP DTE Guidebook. The table of contents is annotated in paragraph form and then a link is provided. Note, discipline is required on everyone's part to '''not'1' load any other file formats except jpg/gif to the wiki. We are very limited on space for the wiki and additional file formats will swamp this space. Also, if the file is referenced, then when the file is updated outside of the wiki, the changes will be picked up by default and additional work to maintain the wiki is not needed.

If I upload a file to the Wiki, that I no longer need, how do i delete it?
Email a sysop (Beth Celli or Mike Timmermann) with the exact filename (case sensitive) of the file you wish to delete, and we can delete it for you.

Is there a place on the G drive for linking the files in the Wiki?
No. This was done out of principle. The idea behind the wiki was that it would augment the information we already have, in that it would attempt to get tribal knowledge in a public place that is searchable. The wiki is meant to adapt to our environment, and not the other way around. With this in mind, the wiki could/should be a reference for the entire G drive. It was never intended for the G drive to adapt to the wiki and be a reference for it. The entire G drive is available to be linked by the wiki, as is all of the other shared drives that have common mappings. The wiki needs to conform to them.

How is this WIKI structured/organized?
Philosophically, there are two types of articles in this wiki, user articles and organization articles:
 * The user articles are all of the articles a user can add under their own user area. These articles are not governed. They are yours to change as you see fit.
 * The organization articles are owned/governed by the Wiki Users group. For minor changes to any of these article, simply contact a member of the Wiki Users Group and they will take care of it. For major changes, one can:


 * Attend a Wiki User's Group meeting (time/place to be posted on the wiki) and bring it up there.
 * Join the User's Group (very easy to do).

Template]] that has been applied to most of the products in the Product area as well as some general comments in the Product Overview section. If you need to make changes to the CC_Functionality template, please see someone in the Wiki User Group before doing so.
 * There is now (as of 3/26/08) a [[Template:CC_Functionality|CC Functionality

Why didn't I get an email when I changed a page that I was watching?
You should get an email if someone else changes a page that you have on your watchlist. However, if you are the one to make the change, you will NOT get an email, but the page will show up on your watchlist as having changed in the last 3 days.