Help:How to (wiki)

Explanations of how to do some common tasks within the ISFDB Wiki. For performing tasks within ISFDB database, go here.

Basic user tools and information

• Contents and purposes of the ISFDB Wiki
• Logging in
• Preferences
• Talk pages
• User contributions
• Wikitext (examples)

Basic editing

• Categories - What they are and how to use them.
• Conventions and Customs of the ISFDB Wiki
• Editing
  • Edit conflicts
  • Edit previews
  • Edit summaries - What they are and how to use them.
    • Edit summary legend
  • Editing FAQ
  • Minor edits
  • Piped links
• Linking
• Linking templates
• Lists
  • Numbered lists
• Section headers
• Starting a new page

Advanced editing

• Archiving
• Diffs - What they are and how to use them.
• Dummy edits
• Namespaces - What they are and how to use them.
• Page history
• Recent changes
• Redirects
• Related changes
• Renaming/Moving a page
• Reverting edits
• Splitting/Moving a wiki discussion
• Substitution
• Templates (List)
  • Header templates
  • Template documentation

Finding things on the wiki

• Searching
• What links here

Moderators

• Protecting pages
• System messages