Difference between revisions of "Help:User page"
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== What to put on your user page == | == What to put on your user page == | ||
User pages are just as flexible as any other wiki page, and it's a page all about you, so generally people will leave you to freely write your user page in whatever format you like. It's a feature to help other people know who you are, and to bring the online community closer together. Think of it as a “profile” page. You might like to mention where you are from and what your job is. You can also state what your main areas of interest are in relation to the topic of the wiki, and describe contributions you have made or areas where you are interested in contributing. | User pages are just as flexible as any other wiki page, and it's a page all about you, so generally people will leave you to freely write your user page in whatever format you like. It's a feature to help other people know who you are, and to bring the online community closer together. Think of it as a “profile” page. You might like to mention where you are from and what your job is. You can also state what your main areas of interest are in relation to the topic of the wiki, and describe contributions you have made or areas where you are interested in contributing. | ||
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| + | ===How do I make a page private?=== | ||
| + | You don't. Wiki is an open, community wide platform. Anybody with a Kumu account can edit it and anybody with an Internet connection can read it. If you have information that is confidential or private in nature, do not add it to the Wiki. As an alternative, TRU Blogs supports granular levels of privacy. | ||
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| + | ===How do I make a word bold or put a title in?=== | ||
| + | The formatting page lists the different ways to format text on the Kumu Wiki. | ||
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| + | ===How do I undo an edit I made?=== | ||
| + | All pages have a "page history," which consists of a record of the date and time of every edit, the username of the user who wrote it, and the summary of the changes. To access a page's history, clicking the "history" link in the View box (on the right). On the page that you would like to see the previous versions, click the "History" tab at the top of a page and you will see a list of all previous edits. You can then compare versions (click "Compare selected versions"), see previous versions (click "last" next to the version you would like to see), or reload a previous version (click "undo"). | ||
==User subpages== | ==User subpages== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:37, 12 March 2015
A user page is a page about a Kumu wiki user; someone who registered on the wiki, and is (most probably) a contributor.
If you have registered, you can create your own user page. Your user page is linked in the top right. More importantly, others will see links to your user page from various places which assist wiki collaboration. This includes the “Recent changes” and “page history” displays (See Help:Tracking changes). You can also link to your user page within text of a wiki page, which is mainly useful on talk pages when you sign your name.
What to put on your user page
User pages are just as flexible as any other wiki page, and it's a page all about you, so generally people will leave you to freely write your user page in whatever format you like. It's a feature to help other people know who you are, and to bring the online community closer together. Think of it as a “profile” page. You might like to mention where you are from and what your job is. You can also state what your main areas of interest are in relation to the topic of the wiki, and describe contributions you have made or areas where you are interested in contributing.
How do I make a page private?
You don't. Wiki is an open, community wide platform. Anybody with a Kumu account can edit it and anybody with an Internet connection can read it. If you have information that is confidential or private in nature, do not add it to the Wiki. As an alternative, TRU Blogs supports granular levels of privacy.
How do I make a word bold or put a title in?
The formatting page lists the different ways to format text on the Kumu Wiki.
How do I undo an edit I made?
All pages have a "page history," which consists of a record of the date and time of every edit, the username of the user who wrote it, and the summary of the changes. To access a page's history, clicking the "history" link in the View box (on the right). On the page that you would like to see the previous versions, click the "History" tab at the top of a page and you will see a list of all previous edits. You can then compare versions (click "Compare selected versions"), see previous versions (click "last" next to the version you would like to see), or reload a previous version (click "undo").
User subpages
You can add subpages to your user page using the following syntax:
User:YourUsername/SubpageName
Your user pages are your own space. You can add any type of content as a subpage and it's a great space on the wiki for adding pages about your personal research, projects, presentations, etc.
Other people's user pages
As mentioned above, you will see links to other people's user pages, in various places throughout the wiki.
User Contributions
When viewing another person's user page, an additional link “user contributions" appears in the “tools” of the sidebar. This takes you to a list of all of this user's wiki edits. Use this to get an idea of how prolific a contributor somebody is, or to track down edits made by a user who is causing trouble/making bad wiki edits.
Editing someone else's page
It's generally considered bad etiquette to rewrite or reword another person's user page. Editing is not disallowed, but you should avoid adding information (or especially opinions) which might be misinterpreted as coming from that user, in situations where this could potentially cause upset. Some types of edit are widely acceptable, and unlikely to cause upset:
- Fixing internal links, when a page has been moved or deleted
- Fixing broken external links
- Categorizing or fixing categories of user pages.
User talk pages
Every user page has an associated talk page; a "user talk page". This is a special kind of talk page, for leaving messages directed at a particular user. See Help:Talk pages#User talk pages.
Link to a user page
To create a link to the user page of the user that clicks that link, use Special:MyPage.
First draft of this page derived from: http://wiki.ubc.ca/UBC_Wiki:FAQs