CZ:Technical Help
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Get help with MediaWiki, templates, and more
| MediaWiki--the software that runs this wiki--has an undeserved reputation for difficulty of use. But you can just dive in and start typing the way way you'd type an e-mail. Come to this page, however, for a jumping-off place to technical instructions. |
Editing helps
- How to edit an article
- Our local manual for MediaWiki. Also useful: MediaWiki help and Wikipedia help
- Searching
- How to use the search box (in the upper left).
- Enhancing your editing with javascript extensions
- Some software enhancements you can include for your personal use.
- Other editing utilities
- Here are a few more pages that may be of help in writing articles:
- Box Help - for inset text boxes
- Citation templates - many templates are available for citing books, etc.
- Symbols - but these are also found beneath the edit box
Help for programmers
- Bug reporting and feature requests
- Did you spot a software bug? Have a feature request? Report it here.
- Citizendium-Tools
- The CZ technical mailing list.