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Andrew Oakley: New users must email Andrew to get a login, to prevent spam

2025-08-12T11:44:29Z

New users must email Andrew to get a login, to prevent spam

Andrew Oakley: /* How to upload documents */

2013-04-18T15:56:17Z

‎How to upload documents

Andrew Oakley: /* How to upload documents */

2013-04-18T15:56:04Z

‎How to upload documents

Andrew Oakley: New section: /* How to upload documents */

2013-04-18T15:55:33Z

New section: - ‎How to upload documents

Andrew Oakley: /* Style */

2012-11-23T10:35:14Z

‎Style

Andrew Oakley at 16:36, 20 November 2012

2012-11-20T16:36:21Z

Andrew Oakley at 16:36, 20 November 2012

2012-11-20T16:36:00Z

Andrew Oakley: Created page with " We encourage attendees and mailing list members to add their own content to this website. This website uses the same MediaWiki software as [http://en.wikipedi..."

2012-11-20T16:04:37Z

Created page with " We encourage attendees and mailing list members to add their own content to this website. This website uses the same MediaWiki software as [http://en.wikipedi..."

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We encourage [[people|attendees]] and [[mailing list]] members to add their own content to this website.

This website uses the same MediaWiki software as [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. You can learn [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial how to edit MediaWiki websites over at Wikipedia].

==Protected pages==

There are a few pages which we don't allow everyone to edit. These include the [[Main_Page|main page]] and the [[tickets|tickets page]]. Only administrators such as [[CJ]] and [[AndrewO]] can edit protected pages. You can [[Special:ProtectedPages|view a full list of protected pages]].

==Style==

Ideally you should adhere to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Wikipedia Manual of Style]. It's '''not a big deal''' but you should not take offence if someone edits your contributions to fit that style.

* Page titles and headings should use "Sentence case which is one initial capital on the first word and then lowercase" and not "Title Case Which Is Initial Capitals On Every Word". Exceptions include proper nouns (e.g. "Andrew Oakley" not "Andrew oakley").
* The lead section (introductory paragraph) of a page should not have a title
* Bulletpoints only need a terminating full-stop if the bulletpoint contains more than one sentence
* British English, since this entire website is in a British context, unless mentioning specific foreign phrases

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 This website uses the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia. You can learn [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial how to edit MediaWiki websites over at Wikipedia].
-You'll need to [[Special:UserLogin|create an account]], then the system will email you a confirmation link; you'll need to click on that emailed link before you're allowed to edit pages.
+'''First, email [mailto:andrew&#064;aoakley.com andrew&#064;aoakley.com] to get a login.'''
 ==Protected pages==

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 * [[Special:UserLogin|Log in or create an account]]
-* Click [[Special:Upload|Upload File]], listed under Toolbox on the left of any wiki page, and upload your file
+* Click [[Special:Upload|Upload file]], listed under Toolbox on the left of any wiki page, and upload your file
 * That will create something like: [[File:Test-word2000.doc]]
 * Go to the page you wish to add the file to, then click '''Edit''' at the top-right of that page

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 * [[Special:UserLogin|Log in or create an account]]
-* Click [[Special:Upload|Upload]], listed under Toolbox on the left of any wiki page, and upload your file
+* Click [[Special:Upload|Upload File]], listed under Toolbox on the left of any wiki page, and upload your file
 * That will create something like: [[File:Test-word2000.doc]]
 * Go to the page you wish to add the file to, then click '''Edit''' at the top-right of that page

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	* Bulletpoints only need a terminating full-stop if the bulletpoint contains more than one line		* Bulletpoints only need a terminating full-stop if the bulletpoint contains more than one line
	* British English, since this entire website is in a British context, unless mentioning specific foreign phrases		* British English, since this entire website is in a British context, unless mentioning specific foreign phrases
		+
		+	==How to upload documents==
		+
		+	The lazy way is to simply email the document to [[Andrew Oakley]] and ask him to do it for you. Make sure you specify the name of the game/session it applies to.
		+
		+	* [mailto:andrew@aoakley.com andrew@aoakley.com]
		+
		+	Valid file types are:  .PDF  .DOC  .DOCX  .TXT  .PNG  .JPG  .GIF  .SVG  . Contact [[Andrew Oakley]] if you want to upload other types.
		+
		+	The proper way to upload files yourself is:
		+
		+	* [[Special:UserLogin\|Log in or create an account]]
		+	* Click [[Special:Upload\|Upload]], listed under Toolbox on the left of any wiki page, and upload your file
		+	* That will create something like: [[File:Test-word2000.doc]]
		+	* Go to the page you wish to add the file to, then click '''Edit''' at the top-right of that page
		+	* Link to the file using the Media: tag:
		+	<pre>[[Media:Test-word2000.doc]]</pre>
		+	: ...which will produce:
		+	: [[Media:Test-word2000.doc]]
		+	* You can make it look a bit tidier:
		+	<pre>[[Media:Test-word2000.doc\|Download a Word 2000 test document]]</pre>
		+	: ...which will produce:
		+	: [[Media:Test-word2000.doc\|Download a Word 2000 test document]]
		+	On a British keyboard, you will usually find \| (the pipe symbol, a straight vertical line) as shift-backslash. The backslash key is usually located to the left of the Z key. The square brackets [ ] are usually found to the right of the P key.

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 We encourage [[people|attendees]] and [[mailing list]] members to add their own content to this website.
-This website uses the same MediaWiki software as [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. You can learn [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial how to edit MediaWiki websites over at Wikipedia].
+This website uses the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia. You can learn [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial how to edit MediaWiki websites over at Wikipedia].
 You'll need to [[Special:UserLogin|create an account]], then the system will email you a confirmation link; you'll need to click on that emailed link before you're allowed to edit pages.

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 * Page titles and headings should use "Sentence case which is one initial capital on the first word and then lowercase" and not "Title Case Which Is Initial Capitals On Every Word". Exceptions include proper nouns (e.g. "Andrew Oakley" not "Andrew oakley").
 * The lead section (introductory paragraph) of a page should not have a title
-* Bulletpoints only need a terminating full-stop if the bulletpoint contains more than one sentence
+* Bulletpoints only need a terminating full-stop if the bulletpoint contains more than one line
 * British English, since this entire website is in a British context, unless mentioning specific foreign phrases

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 This website uses the same MediaWiki software as [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. You can learn [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial how to edit MediaWiki websites over at Wikipedia].
 ==Protected pages==
-There are a few pages which we don't allow everyone to edit. These include the [[Main_Page|main page]] and the [[tickets|tickets page]]. Only administrators such as [[CJ]] and [[AndrewO]] can edit protected pages. You can [[Special:ProtectedPages|view a full list of protected pages]].
+There are a few pages which we don't allow everyone to edit. These include the [[Main_Page|main page]] and the [[tickets|tickets page]]. Only administrators such as [[CJ]] and [[AndrewO]] can edit protected pages. You can [[Special:ProtectedPages|view a full list of protected pages]] and [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|view a full list of administrators]].
 ==Style==