Editing the Wiki 101
A wiki is a website that allows multiple users to add content, while keeping track of the different contributions.
You can use the PVSWiki pages for any kind of work-related documentation. This is provided in the hopes that it will be useful and dynamic for creating good documentation and collaborating for various projects and day to day tasks. Before starting, you should understand how it fits into other information kept internally: ManagingInformation
Creating an account/Logging In
Creating a Page-
- Browse what's already available in that content area and use the word search function to ensure the page or content doesn't already exist elsewhere on the wiki
- create a link on an existing page, with a new page link in the WikiName format
- Categorization- When adding a page, you only have to have one occurrence of the category names for it to be included in the category list. For instance, if I wanted this page to be part of the IT Category, I would just include the wiki name Category IT(without the space) somewhere in the page.
- There are various "buttons" on the top of each page which enable you to format text. Alternatively, you can use the FormattingRules, which are especially handy for creating lists, links, images, and tables
Editing a page
- It's helpful to understand the FormattingRules, Categorization standards and How to Generate a Table of Contents and how to nest or "include" one page within another
- Don't edit a page's content with a change in policy or procedure unless you are authorized to. Examples of things you would need to get permission for from the National Director include, but are not limited to: a change in procedures that impacts the amount of resources needed, a change of acceptable data sources, any cuts being made, etc. Generally, you may feel free to enhance pages with examples of how to do something, why something is important, common problems faced, directives passed on to you from the National Director or Project President, formatting corrections, new helpful resources, and spelling or grammar corrections.
- Suggestions to change a page could be added in the comments section, or discussed with your supervisor
- Make sure you add a brief note on each of your edits explaining the changes you made and any approvals for it received. This can be done right above the "Store" button. Examples could include:
spelling
grammar
formatting
added examples
updated contact info
updated links
removed outdated procedure for photo editing
added additional links to research
updated policy to doing two checks instead of one (approved by Katy)
added procedure for updating firefox scanner
reviewed and approved changes
grammar
formatting
added examples
updated contact info
updated links
removed outdated procedure for photo editing
added additional links to research
updated policy to doing two checks instead of one (approved by Katy)
added procedure for updating firefox scanner
reviewed and approved changes
Managing Access and Permissions (ACLs)
Managing the Wiki:
see: ManagingInformation
- OrphanedPages- Pages that are not linked from anywhere else.
- WantedPages- Pages that were linked but do not exist
More information about how to use the Wiki software:
Wikka Documentation
