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This space is to index all AboutUs [[help]] pages, and to help people using [[AboutUs]].  If you don't see what you're looking for please check our [[Help | Help Portal ]] or [[Glossary]] or [[Contact Us]].  [[AboutUs]] uses [[MediaWiki]] software; you can find help for many subjects that are not custom to [[AboutUs]] in the [[metawikipedia:Help:Contents| MediaWiki Handbook]].  Once you find what you're looking for, please come back here and add a link to the solution.
 
This space is to index all AboutUs [[help]] pages, and to help people using [[AboutUs]].  If you don't see what you're looking for please check our [[Help | Help Portal ]] or [[Glossary]] or [[Contact Us]].  [[AboutUs]] uses [[MediaWiki]] software; you can find help for many subjects that are not custom to [[AboutUs]] in the [[metawikipedia:Help:Contents| MediaWiki Handbook]].  Once you find what you're looking for, please come back here and add a link to the solution.
  
 
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* AboutUs article writing service See [[ #Promote_My_Company | Promote My Company ]]
 
* [[Badge | AboutUs badge]]
 
* [[Badge | AboutUs badge]]
 
* AboutUs Bot.  See [[#Bot | Bot]]
 
* AboutUs Bot.  See [[#Bot | Bot]]
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* Alerts for page changes.  See [[#Changes | Changes]]
 
* Alerts for page changes.  See [[#Changes | Changes]]
 
* <span id="Article">Article</span>.  See [[#Page | Page]]
 
* <span id="Article">Article</span>.  See [[#Page | Page]]
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* Article writing service See [[ #Promote_My_Company | Promote My Company ]]
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* <span id="AURA">[[AURA]]</span>
 
* Automatic page generation.  See [[#Bot | Bot]]
 
* Automatic page generation.  See [[#Bot | Bot]]
  
 
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* [[Badge for website owners | Badge, AboutUs ]]
 
* [[Badge for website owners | Badge, AboutUs ]]
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* [[AboutUs:Basic wiki formatting | Basic formatting]]
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* [[AboutUs:Basic wiki formatting | Basic wiki formatting]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax | Big text]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax | Big text]]
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*[ [AboutUs:Basic_wiki_formatting#Bold and Italic Text | Boldface]]
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* [[AboutUs:Basic_wiki_formatting#Bold and Italic Text | Boldface]]
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* <span id="Bot">Bot</span>  
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* <span id="Bot">Bot</span>
 
** [[AboutUs:Bot]]
 
** [[AboutUs:Bot]]
 
** [[AboutUs:Bot#How_do_I_prevent_the_bot_from_gathering_info_about_my_site | Bot, prevent AboutUs bot from gathering info about your site]]
 
** [[AboutUs:Bot#How_do_I_prevent_the_bot_from_gathering_info_about_my_site | Bot, prevent AboutUs bot from gathering info about your site]]
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* [[Community Reviews Guidelines]]
 
* [[Community Reviews Guidelines]]
 
* <span id="Complaints"></span> Complaints.  Also see [[ConcernsFAQ]]
 
* <span id="Complaints"></span> Complaints.  Also see [[ConcernsFAQ]]
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** [[Intellectual Property Policy#4.__Infringement_Notices | Complaints, copyright infringement, AboutUs ]]
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** [[Intellectual Property Policy#4.__Infringement_Notices | Complaints, copyright infringement, AboutUs ]]
 
** [[CopyrightComplaints | Complaints, copyright infringement, non-AboutUs sites ]]
 
** [[CopyrightComplaints | Complaints, copyright infringement, non-AboutUs sites ]]
 
** Complaints about a company or page.  See [[ #InfluenceUs | InfluenceUs ]]
 
** Complaints about a company or page.  See [[ #InfluenceUs | InfluenceUs ]]
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* <span id="Edit">Edit</span>.  Also see [[#Formatting | Formatting]]
 
** [[TheWikiWay:ShowPreview | Edit, preview changes]]
 
** [[TheWikiWay:ShowPreview | Edit, preview changes]]
 
** [[Revert | Edit, revert]]
 
** [[Revert | Edit, revert]]
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** [[Revert | Edit, undo]]
 
** [[Revert | Edit, undo]]
 
** [[EditWars]]
 
** [[EditWars]]
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** [[AboutUs:Basic wiki formatting|Editing Help]]
 
* [[ProtectEmail | Email, protect email address from spam]]
 
* [[ProtectEmail | Email, protect email address from spam]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax | Enlarge text]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax | Enlarge text]]
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* [[ForgotPassword]]
 
* [[ForgotPassword]]
 
* <span id="Formatting">Formatting</span>.  Also see [[#Edit | Edit]]
 
* <span id="Formatting">Formatting</span>.  Also see [[#Edit | Edit]]
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** [[AboutUs:Basic wiki formatting| Formatting, basic]]
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** [[AboutUs:Basic wiki formatting| Formatting, basic wiki]]
 
** [[AboutUs:Basic_wiki_formatting#Bold and Italic Text | Formatting, boldface]]
 
** [[AboutUs:Basic_wiki_formatting#Bold and Italic Text | Formatting, boldface]]
 
** [[Help:Cheatsheet | Formatting, cheatsheet]]
 
** [[Help:Cheatsheet | Formatting, cheatsheet]]
 
** [[metawikipedia:Html#Comments | Formatting, comments]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
** [[metawikipedia:Html#Comments | Formatting, comments]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
**[[CommunityReviewsFormatting | Formatting community reviews ]]
 
**[[CommunityReviewsFormatting | Formatting community reviews ]]
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**[[metawikipedia:Help:HTML in wikitext| Formatting, fixed-width (typewriter) text]] (<nowiki><tt></nowiki>) (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
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**[[metawikipedia:Help:HTML in wikitext| Formatting, fixed-width (typewriter) text]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
**[[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Section Headings | Formatting, headings]]
 
**[[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Section Headings | Formatting, headings]]
 
**[[metawikipedia:Help:HTML in wikitext| Formatting, HTML tags in]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
**[[metawikipedia:Help:HTML in wikitext| Formatting, HTML tags in]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
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**[[metawikipedia:Help:Table| Formatting, tables, detailed help]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
**[[metawikipedia:Help:Table| Formatting, tables, detailed help]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
**[[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax | Formatting text]]
 
**[[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax | Formatting text]]
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**[[metawikipedia:Help:HTML in wikitext| Formatting, typewriter text]] (<nowiki><tt></nowiki>) (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
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**[[metawikipedia:Help:HTML in wikitext| Formatting, typewriter text]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
  
 
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* [[metawikipedia:Help:Advanced_editing#Organizing_your_writing_.E2.80.94_sections.2C_paragraphs.2C_lists_and_lines| Horizontal line]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
* [[metawikipedia:Help:Advanced_editing#Organizing_your_writing_.E2.80.94_sections.2C_paragraphs.2C_lists_and_lines| Horizontal line]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
* Hide address from outside bots.  See [[#Bot | Bot]]
 
* Hide address from outside bots.  See [[#Bot | Bot]]
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* Hide email address from outside bots. See [[#Bot | Bot]]  
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* Hide email address from outside bots. See [[#Bot | Bot]]
 
* [[metawikipedia:Help:HTML in wikitext| HTML tags in wikitext]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
* [[metawikipedia:Help:HTML in wikitext| HTML tags in wikitext]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
* [[AboutUs Home | Home page of AboutUs]]
 
* [[AboutUs Home | Home page of AboutUs]]
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* [[Index]] of AboutUs (extremely incomplete, just getting started)
 
* [[Index]] of AboutUs (extremely incomplete, just getting started)
 
* <span id="InfluenceUs"></span> [[InfluenceUs]] (comment about a page)
 
* <span id="InfluenceUs"></span> [[InfluenceUs]] (comment about a page)
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* [[Intellectual Property Policy#4.__Infringement_Notices | Infringement notice ]]
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* [[Intellectual Property Policy#4.__Infringement_Notices | Infringement notice ]]
 
* [[Intellectual Property Policy]]
 
* [[Intellectual Property Policy]]
 
* [[Internal Linking Guide | Internal Links]]
 
* [[Internal Linking Guide | Internal Links]]
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**[[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Links | Linking]]
 
**[[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Links | Linking]]
 
**[[Badge | Link to AboutUs ]]
 
**[[Badge | Link to AboutUs ]]
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**[[Help:How do I link to another article or another website? | Links to page or website]]  
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**[[Help:How do I link to another article or another website? | Links to page or website]]
 
**[[TheWikiWay:LinkAsYouThink | Links, CamelCase ]]
 
**[[TheWikiWay:LinkAsYouThink | Links, CamelCase ]]
 
**[[metawikipedia:Help:Link| Links, detailed help]] (<small>metawikimedia</small>)
 
**[[metawikipedia:Help:Link| Links, detailed help]] (<small>metawikimedia</small>)
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**<span id="Links_External"></span> [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Links | Links, External]] or [[Help:How do I link to another article or another website?#External_Links_(Linking_to_a_page_on_another_website) | Links, External]]. Also see [[#Links_Interwiki | Links, Interwiki]]
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**<span id="Links_External"></span> [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Links | Links, External]] or [[ExternalLink | Links, External]]. Also see [[#Links_Interwiki | Links, Interwiki]]
 
**[[Internal Linking Guide | Links, Internal]]
 
**[[Internal Linking Guide | Links, Internal]]
 
**<span id="Links_Interwiki"></span> [[InterWiki | Links, Interwiki]]
 
**<span id="Links_Interwiki"></span> [[InterWiki | Links, Interwiki]]
 
**[[metawikipedia:Help:Interwiki_linking| Links, Interwiki linking]] (<small>metawikimedia</small>)
 
**[[metawikipedia:Help:Interwiki_linking| Links, Interwiki linking]] (<small>metawikimedia</small>)
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**[[Special:Interwiki | Links, Interwiki, AboutUs Interwiki map, prefixes]]  
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**[[Special:Interwiki | Links, Interwiki, AboutUs Interwiki map, prefixes]]
 
**[[What links here | Links, list of AboutUs links to current page ]]
 
**[[What links here | Links, list of AboutUs links to current page ]]
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**[[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Links | Links, plainlinks]]  
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**[[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Links | Links, plainlinks]]
 
**[[Internal_Linking_Guide#Link_Spam | Link spam]]
 
**[[Internal_Linking_Guide#Link_Spam | Link spam]]
 
*[[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Lists | Lists, basic]]
 
*[[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Lists | Lists, basic]]
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*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions MediaWiki extensions] (<small>MediaWiki</small>)
 
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions MediaWiki extensions] (<small>MediaWiki</small>)
 
*[[metawikipedia:Help:Contents| MediaWiki Handbook]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
*[[metawikipedia:Help:Contents| MediaWiki Handbook]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
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*[[Move]] a page, to fix the name
 
*[[MoveVandalism | Move vandalism, fixing ]]
 
*[[MoveVandalism | Move vandalism, fixing ]]
  
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** [[PersonalPage | Page, personal ]]
 
** [[PersonalPage | Page, personal ]]
 
** [[Help:Sidebar Navigation | Page, sidebar]]
 
** [[Help:Sidebar Navigation | Page, sidebar]]
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** <span id="PageSummary"></span>[[AURA#Summaries | Page Summary]]
 
** [[How can I add a thumbnail to an article? | Page, thumbnail image in ]]
 
** [[How can I add a thumbnail to an article? | Page, thumbnail image in ]]
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** <span id="PageTopics"></span>[[AURA#Topics | Page Topics]]
 
** [[AboutUsVideoSupport| Page, video, adding]]
 
** [[AboutUsVideoSupport| Page, video, adding]]
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** AboutUs page writing service See [[ #Promote_My_Company | Promote My Company ]]
 
* [[metawikipedia:Help:Advanced_editing#Organizing_your_writing_.E2.80.94_sections.2C_paragraphs.2C_lists_and_lines | Paragraphs ]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
* [[metawikipedia:Help:Advanced_editing#Organizing_your_writing_.E2.80.94_sections.2C_paragraphs.2C_lists_and_lines | Paragraphs ]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
* [[ForgotPassword | Password, forgotten password]]
 
* [[ForgotPassword | Password, forgotten password]]
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* [[TheWikiWay:PersonalPage | Personal page, overview]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:PersonalPage | Personal page, overview]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:Preferences | Personal preferences]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:Preferences | Personal preferences]]
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* Photos.  See [[#Images | Images ]]  
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* Photos.  See [[#Images | Images ]]
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* Pictures.  See [[#Images | Images ]]  
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* Pictures.  See [[#Images | Images ]]
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* [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Links | Plainlinks]]  
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* [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax#Links | Plainlinks]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:Preferences | Preferences]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:Preferences | Preferences]]
 
* [[AboutUs:Basic_wiki_formatting#Preformatted_Text | Preformatted Text ]]
 
* [[AboutUs:Basic_wiki_formatting#Preformatted_Text | Preformatted Text ]]
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* [[TheWikiWay:ShowPreview | Preview edit changes]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:ShowPreview | Preview edit changes]]
 
* [[AboutUs:Privacy policy | Privacy, AboutUs policy ]]
 
* [[AboutUs:Privacy policy | Privacy, AboutUs policy ]]
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* <span id="Promote My Company"></span> [https://www.aboutus.org/au_web_services/sponsor/page/?title=HelpIndex Promote my company]    
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* <span id="Promote My Company"></span> [https://www.aboutus.org/au_web_services/sponsor/page/?title=HelpIndex Promote my company]
 
* Protect address from outside bots.  See [[#Bot | Bot]]
 
* Protect address from outside bots.  See [[#Bot | Bot]]
 
* Protect email address from outside bots. See [[#Bot | Bot]]
 
* Protect email address from outside bots. See [[#Bot | Bot]]
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* [[Create Subdomain | Subdomain, create a page for]]
 
* [[Create Subdomain | Subdomain, create a page for]]
 
*Suggested edits.  See [[#Tagging | Tagging]]
 
*Suggested edits.  See [[#Tagging | Tagging]]
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* [[SuggestionBox]]
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* [[AURA#Summaries | Summary of page]]
 
* [[EditSummary | Summary of edit]]
 
* [[EditSummary | Summary of edit]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax | Syntax]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax | Syntax]]
  
 
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* [[Intellectual Property Policy#4.__Infringement_Notices | Takedown notice ]]
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* [[Intellectual Property Policy#4.__Infringement_Notices | Takedown notice ]]
 
* [[Help:Template | Templates]]
 
* [[Help:Template | Templates]]
 
* [[metawikipedia:Help:Template| Templates, detailed help]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
* [[metawikipedia:Help:Template| Templates, detailed help]] (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
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** [[Delete#External to the internet | Tag "coming soon" domain ]]
 
** [[Delete#External to the internet | Tag "coming soon" domain ]]
 
** [[ConflictNotice | Tag improper deletions ]]
 
** [[ConflictNotice | Tag improper deletions ]]
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** [[CustomThumbnailBox | Tag custom thumbnails]]
 
 
** [[FeaturedImage | Tag featured image]]
 
** [[FeaturedImage | Tag featured image]]
 
** [[FixMap | Tag fix to get map to work right]]
 
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** [[Delete#TempTalkPage or temporary talk page | Tag temporary talk page]]
 
** [[Delete#TempTalkPage or temporary talk page | Tag temporary talk page]]
 
** [[Delete#Delete | Tag test page ]]
 
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** [[CustomThumbnailBox | Tag thumbnail, custom ]]
 
 
* <span id="Talk"></span>[[Help:Talk | Talk]]
 
* <span id="Talk"></span>[[Help:Talk | Talk]]
 
** [[TalkPage]]
 
** [[TalkPage]]
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* Text formatting.  See [[#Formatting | Formatting]]
 
* Text formatting.  See [[#Formatting | Formatting]]
 
* [[How can I add a thumbnail to an article? | Thumbnail ]]
 
* [[How can I add a thumbnail to an article? | Thumbnail ]]
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** [[UpdateThumbnail | Thumbnail, update]]
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* [[UpdateThumbnail | Thumbnail, update]]
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** [[Improvised Thumbnail|Manual Thumbnail update]]
 
* [[TOC]] (table of contents)
 
* [[TOC]] (table of contents)
 
* [[TheWikiWay:TopMenu]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:TopMenu]]
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* [[SuggestionBox | Town Pump]]  
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* [[SuggestionBox | Town Pump]]
 
* [[WikiAnatomy | Tutorial on Wikis]]
 
* [[WikiAnatomy | Tutorial on Wikis]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax | WikiSyntax]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:WikiSyntax | WikiSyntax]]
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* [[Unicode | Unicode characters ]]
 
* [[Unicode | Unicode characters ]]
 
* [[my_watchlist#Unwatching_Pages | Unwatch a page]]
 
* [[my_watchlist#Unwatching_Pages | Unwatch a page]]
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* [[Upload file]] (single)
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** ([http://www.aboutus.org/Special/file/multiple_upload multiple]])
 
* [[AboutUs:Usage guidelines | Usage guidelines ]]
 
* [[AboutUs:Usage guidelines | Usage guidelines ]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:SiteNavigation | site navigation]]
 
* [[TheWikiWay:SiteNavigation | site navigation]]
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* [[AboutUsVideoSupport|YouTube Videos, adding to page]]
 
* [[AboutUsVideoSupport|YouTube Videos, adding to page]]
  
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==Moving namespaces==
 
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Ran across a good potential use for Namespaces.  I want to see if [[HelpIndex]] links to the pages pointed to by [[Six messaging areas]].  Some of those pages are linked to by a huge list of stuff.  The [[What links here]] pages allow me to limit the list to a particular Namespace.  Unfortunately, [[HelpIndex]] seems to be in the main Namespace.  Would it make sense to move it to the Help namespace so we could more easily see if [[HelpIndex]] linked to various pages?  What would be the side effects of this move?  --[[User:JDCohen | Joe Cohen]] | [http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_talk:JDCohen&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new Leave me a message] 20:09, 10 February 2008 (PST)
 
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: ''Yes, I have seen that benefit as well.  I think it's fine to move it.  [[Help:HelpIndex]] or [[Help:Index]]?  The potentially hardest part of that will be checking backlinks for double-[[redirects]], but maybe since [[HelpIndex]] is new, there aren't too many [[redirect]]s to it yet.''
 
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: I do suggestion moving this part about the re-naming to [[HelpIndex]] before we do it. [[User:TedErnst|TedErnst]] <small>([[User talk:TedErnst|talk]])</small> 05:58, 11 February 2008 (PST)
 
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# Re your question where to move it: [[Help:HelpIndex]] or [[Help:Index]]?  The second is simpler.  I like simple but don't have a strong preference.  Does one of these work better than the other?  Note that because of how Find functions, you must type "Help''':'''Index" into the Find box to have [[Help:Index]] returned as a search result.  So we must keep [[HelpIndex]] (for among other reasons) so that users searching for "Help Index" and the like would generate a hit. 
 
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# "What links here" says there are 50 pages that link to HelpIndex.  This is a manageable number for checking backlinks for double-redirects.  And even 50 appears to be an exaggeration; it appears that many of these pages link to HelpIndex only because they include the CommunityNews template.
 
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--[[User:JDCohen | Joe Cohen]] | [http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_talk:JDCohen&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new Leave me a message] 07:43, 11 February 2008 (PST)
 
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:''Joe, I have never been a big fan of namespaces, as [[Ted]] knows :-) - I am usually more interested in flattening out the wiki than making it more complicated.  What benefit do you see about using the namespace, I see you mentinon [[What links here]] - but am still confused. Best, [[MarkDilley]]
 
  
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Mark:  What I see isn't a huge benefit; there are workarounds; and I don't know enough about the workings of Namespaces to have an opinion on the tradeoffs.  Anyhow, here's what I had in mind as a benefit: <BR>
 
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I stumble across (or someone sends me to) a page that includes some kind of help.  Is that page already included in [[HelpIndex]]?  An intuitively easy way to answer this is to look at [[What links here]].  But [[What links here]] may return a really long list of pages -- in an order that I don't yet understand -- partly because it defaults to listing pages from all Namespaces.  If [[HelpIndex]] were outside the Main Namespace (e.g., in the Help Namespace), I could display [[What links here]] from ''only'' the Help Namespace, and tell more quickly if the page was linked to by [[HelpIndex]].  That's all I had in mind.  --[[User:JDCohen | Joe Cohen]] | [http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_talk:JDCohen&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new Leave me a message] 11:19, 11 February 2008 (PST)
 
  
 
==Tasks==
 
==Tasks==
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* Sectional links for longer pages, like [[AboutUs:Basic wiki formatting]] [[WikiTour]]
 
* Sectional links for longer pages, like [[AboutUs:Basic wiki formatting]] [[WikiTour]]
 
* The following are ideas on formatting / appearance of this [[HelpIndex]]
 
* The following are ideas on formatting / appearance of this [[HelpIndex]]
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** in source text for this section, change <nowiki><strike></nowiki> to css
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** in source text for this section, change '<' strike '>'  to css
 
** perhaps create template to be used for links to (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
 
** perhaps create template to be used for links to (<small>metawikipedia</small>)
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** Category-style alpha TOC; perhaps best if this could float; but floating is probably incompatible with multiple columns because the index would cover up part of the right-hand column(s).  See next bullet point.
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** Category-style alpha TOC; perhaps best if this could float; but floating is probably incompatible with multiple columns because the index would cover up part of the right-hand column(s).  See next bullet point.
 
** turn the index into multi-columns (takes less time to find right place).  But probably incompatible with floating index.
 
** turn the index into multi-columns (takes less time to find right place).  But probably incompatible with floating index.
 
* Consider replacing duplicate links (different entries that link to same place) with cross references to the same entry, so that there's only one link.  (Makes it easier to link to a different place -- only need to change one link.)
 
* Consider replacing duplicate links (different entries that link to same place) with cross references to the same entry, so that there's only one link.  (Makes it easier to link to a different place -- only need to change one link.)
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== Idea ==
 
== Idea ==
 
[[Self-assembling help index]]
 
[[Self-assembling help index]]
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[[Category:AboutUs_Help]]
 
[[Category:WhiteList]]
 
[[Category:WhiteList]]
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[[Category:AboutUs Help]]
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[[Category:Pages_with_broken_file_links]]

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Tasks

  • Review Glossary, point out Glossary items for which help is available elsewhere or that I don't understand. Those entries will be listed at User_talk:JDCohen#Glossary. Now complete through M.
  • Review Special pages to see if appropriate ones are in this index and have help pages.
  • More formatting
    • paragraphs
    • formulas
    • advanced / css
  • Review http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Html metawikipedia:Help:HTML_in_wikitext (this literally could mean going through all the metawikipedia help pages one by one and seeing what could be linked to or needs to be brought to AboutUs). List of all pages in the metawikipedia Help Namespace is at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Allpages?from=&namespace=12
  • Review AboutUs FAQs, add entries as appropriate
  • Review AboutUs help categories, add entries as appropriate
  • Review Category:AboutUs:Templates
  • Review wikipedia:Help:Contents#For_editors
    • Add entries as appropriate, with multiple headings, if appropriate
  • Where duplicate headings link to different pages, consider eliminating an entry
  • Sectional links for longer pages, like AboutUs:Basic wiki formatting WikiTour
  • The following are ideas on formatting / appearance of this HelpIndex
    • in source text for this section, change to css
    • perhaps create template to be used for links to (metawikipedia)
    • Category-style alpha TOC; perhaps best if this could float; but floating is probably incompatible with multiple columns because the index would cover up part of the right-hand column(s). See next bullet point.
    • turn the index into multi-columns (takes less time to find right place). But probably incompatible with floating index.
  • Consider replacing duplicate links (different entries that link to same place) with cross references to the same entry, so that there's only one link. (Makes it easier to link to a different place -- only need to change one link.)
  • In the future, the help pages with multiple topics (BasicWikiFormatting) can be broken up so permalinks can work for the sub-sections - and transcluded back together so BasicWikiFormatting still works.
  • Are all pages pointed to by HelpIndex in Category:AboutUs_Help?
  • AboutUs 2.0 should arrive Tuesday the 18th of March. All of the help pages need to be reviewed, if necessary, updated. see Get_help_pages_ready_for_CompostUs for how we're organizing this (starting from a copy/paste of this page). TedErnst (talk) 14:22, 17 March 2008 (PDT)

Idea

Self-assembling help index



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Company Name

Company Contact

Page Type

This page is about a company.

Retrieved from "http://aboutus.com/index.php?title=HelpIndex&oldid=30666729"