Getting started in Wiki editing

[phask]

So how does one edit the Wiki? Is there a Wiki on how to edit a Wiki?


Glancing at some of those I already see outdated or erroneous info.

We have quite a number of FAQs in our wiki now - and more to the point, we have 4 such FAQs set up for the newest generation of scanners. These FAQs are centered around questions that keep on coming up time and again, or have answers that are otherwise hard to locate.

While I've done the work in organizing a lot of this, the details comes from you If you have a topic that isn't covered, or you have found an answer to a question not documented anywhere, please consider adding it to the FAQs. We have one each for the DMA, keyboard driven, GRE/RS PC driven and Home Patrol scanners as listed below.

Uniden DMA FAQ - The RadioReference Wiki

GRE/RS Object Oriented Scanners FAQ - The RadioReference Wiki

GRE/RS PC Object Oriented FAQ - The RadioReference Wiki

Uniden Home Patrol FAQ - The RadioReference Wiki

If you're unsure as to how to add something, please ask me, Bob W9RXR or bezking. And remember, the devil is in the details. The more detail you add, the clearer the answer sometimes becomes.

best regards..Mike

 

[SteveC0625]

So how does one edit the Wiki? Is there a Wiki on how to edit a Wiki?


Glancing at some of those I already see outdated or erroneous info.

Wiki Home Page --> Wiki Guide --> Quick Guide to Editing Pages

It's all there for the reading.

 

[QDP2012]

So how does one edit the Wiki? Is there a Wiki on how to edit a Wiki?


Glancing at some of those I already see outdated or erroneous info.

Recently, the large Category:FAQ was regrouped into topic-specific sub-categories, including Category:Wiki Editing FAQ.

Hope this helps,

 

[phask]

I guess you mean here :

Quick guide to editing pages - The RadioReference Wiki
- without a direct link - who knows -

Om that page it states " Simply click on the "edit" tab at the top (or the edit link on the right or bottom) of a Wiki page"

On my view - either Firefox or Chrome - there is no Edit tab or link. Even using the search term edit - it finds nothing.

Suggestions?

 

[ka3jjz]

If it doesn't say 'phask' under the PERSONAL TOOLS on the left, you need to log in.

If you're not in the wiki user database, that's something I think - it's been too long - you can email Lindsay to add you

Mike

 

[SteveC0625]

I guess you mean here :

Quick guide to editing pages - The RadioReference Wiki
- without a direct link - who knows -

Om that page it states " Simply click on the "edit" tab at the top (or the edit link on the right or bottom) of a Wiki page"

On my view - either Firefox or Chrome - there is no Edit tab or link. Even using the search term edit - it finds nothing.

Suggestions?

You have to log in to the Wiki first before you can see all that stuff. If the wiki page is broken up into sections, the [edit] button is at the far right of the title for the section.

 

[SteveC0625]

If it doesn't say 'phask' under the PERSONAL TOOLS on the left, you need to log in.

If you're not in the wiki user database, that's something I think - it's been too long - you can email Lindsay to add you

Mike

I don't believe there's anything that has to be set on the host end.

You just log into the Wiki using the same username and password that you use in the forums.

 

[QDP2012]

I don't believe there's anything that has to be set on the host end.

You just log into the Wiki using the same username and password that you use in the forums.

The Wiki login is case-sensitive whereas the forums login is not. If you want the Wiki-engine to keep a consistent history-log of your contributions, be sure to use the same upper/lower-case every time you login to the Wiki.

Hope this helps,

 

[phask]

Thanks all - I did log in and still nada. Just went back in and now it's there

 

[ka3jjz]

If you need help with editing something, start a new thread, and someone will be sure to jump in to help.

And don't be afraid if you 'mess up' an article - we've all been there, and there's a history that's automatically logged, so an article can be reverted quite easily

Mike