Editing Wiki Articles
In addition to the general help information and article style help, there are a couple of things you should know when editing existing wiki articles.
When you are in edit mode, there will be a large text box that contains the article itself, and underneath the text area will be three additional fields:
- Notes
- Redirect
- Rename
Notes
The notes field should alway be used to provide a brief statement of what sort of editing is being done. Currently, the field only supports a maximum of 80 characters, so you cannot be verbose; however, including some indication of why a change is needed will helpful to reviewers.
Redirect
The redirect field should only be used when you want a search or page reference to go to an existing article. For example, suppose that there is already an article on context effects that covers carryover. In this case, you might create an article called “carryover” and specify, in the redirect field, “context effects.” Then, any search or reference to carryover would send the read of the wiki to the main, context effect piece.
Rename
The rename field is used to change the current name of the wiki article. This could be a simple as needing to fix a typo, or a more involved situation where a topic is split into multiple pieces, and the existing article needs to be renamed.
