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Contributor's guide — Guidelines — Fixing errors howto
Editing pages — Talk pages — Formatting
Code of conduct — Wiki project page — About Gentoo wiki — Wiki FAQ
Help improve the documentation! — Contributing to Gentoo
Gentoo Wiki pages have a header, a site navigation bar just below, with a tool menu and user menu to the right, and finally a page bar with a search box on the right.
The items available will vary depending on the type of page shown.
| Main page | Gentoo Wiki homepage. |
|---|---|
| Recent changes | Track the most recent changes to the wiki. |
| Help | Documentation on using and editing the wiki. |
| Gentoo | List of Gentoo projects. |
| Documentation | Shortcuts to Gentoo documentation. |
- What links here
- Lists pages which contain a link to the current page. Useful to find related information or for refactoring and checking whether links to this page are still relevant after changes.
- Related changes
- Lists recent changes in the pages linked to from the current page. The "Hide minor edits" option can be set in preferences to make this list more manageable.
- Upload file
- Allows logged-in users to upload images and other files to the wiki. Uploaded files can be linked from or embedded into wiki pages. See also managing files.
- Special pages
- Lists the MediaWiki special pages, these present information about the Wiki and/or allow access to administration activities. These special pages are commonly generated when the special page is loaded rather than being stored in the wiki database. See special pages.
- Printable version
- Opens the browser's print dialog with a printable version of the current page.
- Permanent link
- Links to the current revision of the current page. The revision ID is encoded in the URL, which will always point to the current revision. This link is called a permalink.
- Page info
- Displays technical information about the current page, such as its size in bytes, whether it's being indexed by search engines, and the date of its creation.
- This page also links to a list of the current page's subpages.
- Browse properties
- Displays the MediaWiki properties of the current page. Used for technical purposes.
Allow a logged-in user to view and edit their user page and wiki preferences, quickly access their contributions, and logout.
For anonymous users, a link to the login and account creation page.
- <Username>
- Link to user page.
- Discussion
- Link to user discussion page, where other users can leave messages.
- Preferences
- Personal site preferences.
- Watchlist
- List of all pages monitored for changes. Pages can be added to this list by clicking "Watch" in the "More" menu, or upon editing a page.
- Contributions
- Personal list of contributions made to the wiki.
- Log out
- Click to log out of the wiki.
Page bar
View, edit, and discuss the current page. See also Namespace.
- Discussion
- Discuss the current page with other users.
- Edit
- Change current page content using the visual editor.
- Edit source
- Change current page content using the source editor.
- History
- History of page changes.
- Move
- Move page.
- Watch
- Monitor page for changes.
- Refresh
- Regenerates the page cache and other background checks. Sometimes this can be required if changes to a page aren't showing up (this seems more common when editing templates), or if erroneous information is being displayed.
Search
See Searching.