[Biopython-dev] Help pages in Biopython wiki

Peter biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Sun Mar 22 10:18:49 UTC 2009


On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Chris Lasher <chris.lasher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Leighton,
>
> I'm fairly certain there are pages one can install with a MediaWiki instance
> that provide the standard help. They look like this:
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
>
> They contain the standard documentation about how to edit, format, create
> new pages, etc. Useful things for new community members and people like me
> who forget the nuances of each wiki software's markup language from time to
> time. :-)
>
> Chris

I'm glad Leighton asked - otherwise I would had.

Would it suffice to create an a manual help page, saying this is a
wiki and we are
happy for people to create their own account to fix any minor errors they
spot, and just link to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents for help?

Peter



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