Help talk:Guide for contributors

In writing this page, the idea was to keep it as simple and "user-friendly" as possible. But please add whatever edits and improvements you can. The browsing path to the various internal pages was fully delineated on purpose (e.g., Main Page > Wiki Activity > Wiki Categories > Expand), so novice editors can learn the file structure of MediaWiki, instead of always relying on the Search Box. If you feel this is too clunky in practice, please change it. If/when this page eventually gets added to the Main Page Sidebar, it should probably be renamed to just "Getting Started," as "Editing the Wiki" is already there above it as the Sidebar header. --Simplegift 15:45, 1 March 2012 (CST)

I removed the browsing paths, as the wiki is not a structured document. In fact, there's no requirement to have everything neatly sorted in a tree hierarchy. The power of the wiki depends on finding information. If it's not clear which category something belongs in, put it in both (or more if needed). See: Classification Tree

Do you think it's ready to go? --LadyGeek 19:06, 1 March 2012 (CST)


 * LadyGeek, your edits look great and I personally feel the page is ready to go. The only change I would make is to re-promote "Further reading" to its own section — rather than keep it as a sub-section of "External links." Because there are no external links in this section (only book recommendations), it seems confusing to have it be a sub-section. --Simplegift 23:36, 1 March 2012 (CST)