Intermediate help

The intermediate level help file collection

Here are the links to various help files that will take you to the next level. Many of these files have been written for Wikipedia which is run on the same software that the Psychology Wiki uses (MediaWiki) so bare that in mind when reading. The full collection of all help files is available from these three sites: The mediawiki manual The wikicities help page The newly revamped Wikipedia help page but it is as well to navigate through them in this order if you are new to wikis.

If you have established the basic skills you can build on them by learning:

More about editing in this tutorial and with a bit more detail in this paper and for good measure this one

More about blank pages

How to create an account if you have not already done so.

It is as well to work to a unified style manual early on. Start with this one from Wikipedia. It will be one of the early tasks to update it for our purposes.

Copyright policy. It is as well to try and be clear about this from the beginning.This FAQ from the wikipedia site gives some guidance here.

How to copy material across from Wikipedia and other wikis.

More about wikicities and other background issues in the FAQ.

How to avoid making some common mistakes. This is a somewhat terse article from wikicities! But we are generally friendlier than this!!

Once you have a firm grasp of this stuff you are well on your way to the next level. I know it looks a bit daunting but most of it can be absorbed in a couple of sessions. The main thing is to keep editing and to use the reference material here to turn to as needed.