Contributing

Using a wiki is easy. A wiki is first and foremost a web site. You can do all the things you do on any web site. You can look at text and images, play video, follow hyperlinks or search for content.

What is special about a wiki web site is that registered users can comment, or add to and change what appears on a site. Registration is free and open to everyone. All that is required is an email address and a willingness to make a contribution.

We suggest that your FIRST step would be to contact one of the Gawler History Team Executive Click Here so that we can appreciate what you intend to contribute and thus give you appropriate advice.

To register as a user on the Gawler History wiki, click create an account A simple sign in process allows you to become a member with the ability to create articles, edit, comment and contribute.

Learning how to use the wiki authoring and editing tools is easy. The site uses the Mediawiki software, which is the same as that used for Wikipedia, the world famous online encyclopaedia. Gawler History works somewhat differently from Wikipedia, but the principles are the same.

The tabs across the top of the article allow you to edit, add or comment on it.

By default, the page tab is active when you view an article. You can view other information using the other tabs such as discussion and history.

When you are a registered user and have logged in to the site, you see a different set of tabs above the article. These include Edit, Delete, Move, Protect and Watch.

Edit gives you the ability to change the content in the article, using the data form and text authoring tools.See Help:Edit to learn more about editing.

Watch enables you to be emailed details about any changes to a particular article.

Always remember to save your changes before exiting.

Wiki etiquette

BE NICE!

Recent changes

You can see the recent changes to the site at Special:RecentChanges.

Creating different types of pages

Event

• Event template: Template:Event (Edit)
• Event form: Form:Event (Edit)
• Event category: Category:Event (Edit)
• Create new event:

  Create new event

People

• People template: Template:People (Edit)
• People form: Form:People (Edit)
• People category: Category:People (Edit)
• Create new People:

  Create new People

Organisations (including sports)

Note that Sports is listed separately in the sidebar and has its own category, but uses the Organisation template and form. This is done by entering 'Sporting' as the organisation type.

• Organisation template: Template:Organisation (Edit)
• Organisation form: Form:Organisation (Edit)
• Organisation category: Category:Organisation (Edit)
• Create new Organisation:

  Create new Organisation

Thing

• Thing template: Template:Thing (Edit)
• Thing form: Form:Thing (Edit)
• Thing category: Category:Thing (Edit)
• Create new Thing:

  Create new Thing

Place

• Place template: Template:Place (Edit)
• Place form: Form:Place (Edit)
• Place category: Category:Place (Edit)
• Create new Place:

  Create new Place

Adding a new contributor

The Create account form, with relevant parts highlighted with yellow boxes.

Before someone can contribute to the site, an existing member must create an account for them. To do this you need to:

1. Go to Special:CreateAccount
2. Choose a username for them (e.g. their first name)
3. Select to send them a temporary random password
4. Enter their email address (very important!)

These fields are highlighted in yellow in the screenshot at right.

When you click 'Create account', the new user will receive an email telling them what their username and password is, and they'll be able to log in.

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