Help talk:Contents

From BaltoCo

[edit] My idea for the help section

I started working on a new Help page the other day, but then realized we already had Help:Contents. So, I am going to move the info from the Help page to the Help:Contents page--then, maybe I'll delete the Help page.

Mike 13:24, 16 February 2008 (EST)

[edit] Idea continued...

I'm thinking of a format such as this:

• Main help page is Help:Contents
  • This main page is just a list of links to the individual instructional pages:
    1. Help:Text
    2. Help:Lists
    3. Help:Links
    4. Help:Media OR Help:Images, Help:Videos, and Help:Audio
    5. Help:Headings
    6. Help:Table of Contents
    7. Help:Tables
    8. Help:Templates
       • This would be a basic description of what templates are and how to implement them, along with including a list of links to the various template pages.

Mike 14:57, 16 February 2008 (EST)

[edit] Oh and...

I don't think these help pages need to be as detailed as what you might find on the MediaWiki main site, but instead a more dilluted version that points out the basic techniques to creating and editing articles. I think that once a user understands our help sections, then they can move to more sophisticated tutorials elsewhere. I'm thinking of these help pages as starters, not end-alls.

Mike 15:00, 16 February 2008 (EST)