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I was viewing this as something to link to from a mistaken entry (with BIG TEXT and a bunch of ##comments, which seem to help quite a bit). Perhaps it would be better as an include (with a bit of rewriting), but then the comment macro for help isn't as useful. Thoughts? -jw
2007-12-21 20:41:01 Would some graphics, such as showing what the Create a Wiki text box looks like help? —JasonAller
2007-12-22 04:54:07 I would like to have a few illustrations (not screenshots) that illustrate the concepts visually. I started to have this be more concept inclusive and say things like "you probably want", but I rethought the purpose of the entry, and worded it to be much more direct and aimed at the single point. In most cases to date it has been very clear what the person intended, and a direct "here's what you did wrong, here's what you want" explanation seems to be called for. I think any further information can be found by reading around... this is a single purpose tool to assist somebody trying to accomplish a specific task and making a specific mistake. —JabberWokky
2007-12-21 21:16:01 Saving a copy of the text to paste in to kick off the process with a page that looks like someone trying to start a wiki:
= Before Editing this Page, Please Read the Following = ||<#ffcccc : tablewidth="100%">'''Howdy, and welcome to Wiki Spot! It looks like you're new here and a little bit lost.'''|| '''["This is not a Wiki" You probably want to click here!]''' ''By the way, this is not an automated notice or anything like that -- a real person, sitting in a chair, is trying to assist you in creating your wiki. If you have questions, just ask! It looks like you want to ["Create a Wiki"], but you're just creating a page on the global "directory of wikis". For more information, ["This is not a Wiki" click here]["Cleanup" .]'' --------- ## STOP! WAIT A MOMENT! DID YOU READ THE ABOVE NOTICE? ## You are probably not doing what you think you are doing! ## YOU HAVE NOT YET CREATED A WIKI! Please save your changes ## and then read the comment posted on this entry... it looks like ## you intended to create a wiki, but you HAVE NOT YET DONE SO!!! ## It's easy... Just go to "Create a Wiki", and then create your wiki. ## When you are done, copy your content there! ## (This is not an automated note... this is a fellow editor typing this ## out and trying to assist you in creating your own wiki... please read ## the comment above!) ## Original content begins below: ## ## ## ## ## ##
2008-03-05 21:02:01 Here's another:
'''STOP!''' ||<tablebgcolor="pink">The wiki you want to edit is at [wiki:jamestownri] -- located at "jamestownri.wikispot.org"|| ||You're currently on the ''Wiki Spot hub'', located at "wikispot.org" (see the logo on the top of the page?). You'll want to go to your wiki and copy and paste this page over there!||—PhilipNeustrom
