TechWiki:Wiki FAQs - Revision history

TimRiker at 20:56, 3 February 2022

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	No, all pages are visible on the wiki to the world. If you have sensitive or confidential information, do not add it to this wiki. If information is specific to Church employees only, consider using an internal site instead. [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] (the software that runs this wiki) does not have the ability to make some pages private. The philosophy of MediaWiki is that information should be open and free to all.		No, all pages are visible on the wiki to the world. If you have sensitive or confidential information, do not add it to this wiki. If information is specific to Church employees only, consider using an internal site instead. [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] (the software that runs this wiki) does not have the ability to make some pages private. The philosophy of MediaWiki is that information should be open and free to all.

	[[~~category~~:~~Tech~~ Administration]]		[[Category:Administration]]

TimRiker at 22:06, 2 December 2021

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	===Who has edit rights to the wiki?===		===Who has edit rights to the wiki?===
	Anyone who has an [[~~LDS~~ Account]] can edit the wiki. When you make edits to the wiki, your ~~LDS~~ Account user name appears in the history of edits for the page you edited. A list of recent wiki edits also appears in [[Special:RecentChanges\|Recent changes]], a link in the footer. You can click the user name to see the person's profile page, if the user has created one.		Anyone who has a [[Church Account]] can edit the wiki. When you make edits to the wiki, your Church Account user name appears in the history of edits for the page you edited. A list of recent wiki edits also appears in [[Special:RecentChanges\|Recent changes]], a link in the footer. You can click the user name to see the person's profile page, if the user has created one.

	===Can I make some pages private to employees only?===		===Can I make some pages private to employees only?===
	No, all pages are visible on the wiki to the world. If you have sensitive or confidential information, do not add it to this wiki. If information is specific to Church employees only, consider using ~~a SharePoint wiki (which is behind the firewall)~~ instead. [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] (the software that runs this wiki) does not have the ability to make some pages private. The philosophy of MediaWiki is that information should be open and free to all.		No, all pages are visible on the wiki to the world. If you have sensitive or confidential information, do not add it to this wiki. If information is specific to Church employees only, consider using an internal site instead. [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] (the software that runs this wiki) does not have the ability to make some pages private. The philosophy of MediaWiki is that information should be open and free to all.


	[[category:Tech Administration]]		[[category:Tech Administration]]

TimRiker at 22:04, 2 December 2021

2021-12-02T22:04:57Z

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	===Who manages the wiki?===		===Who manages the wiki?===
	The wiki is managed by a group of employees and community volunteers. You can see the [{{fullurl:Special:ListUsers}}?group=sysop full list of administrators here]. The most active wiki administrators are the following:		The wiki is managed by a group of employees and community volunteers. You can see the [{{fullurl:Special:ListUsers}}?group=sysop full list of administrators here]. The most active wiki administrators are the following:
	* [[user:~~Johnsonth~~\|~~Tom Johnson~~]]		* [[user:TimRiker\|Tim Riker]]
	* [[user:Aebrown\|Alan Brown]]		* [[user:Aebrown\|Alan Brown]]

TimRiker at 02:56, 24 March 2019

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	[[category:~~LDSTech~~ Administration]]		[[category:Tech Administration]]

Aebrown: Missed one more misspelling of MediaWiki

2012-03-27T16:08:34Z

Missed one more misspelling of MediaWiki

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	===Can I make some pages private to employees only?===		===Can I make some pages private to employees only?===
	No, all pages are visible on the wiki to the world. If you have sensitive or confidential information, do not add it to this wiki. If information is specific to Church employees only, consider using a SharePoint wiki (which is behind the firewall) instead. [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] (the software that runs this wiki) does not have the ability to make some pages private. The philosophy of ~~Mediawiki~~ is that information should be open and free to all.		No, all pages are visible on the wiki to the world. If you have sensitive or confidential information, do not add it to this wiki. If information is specific to Church employees only, consider using a SharePoint wiki (which is behind the firewall) instead. [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] (the software that runs this wiki) does not have the ability to make some pages private. The philosophy of MediaWiki is that information should be open and free to all.


	[[category:LDSTech Administration]]		[[category:LDSTech Administration]]

Aebrown: Fix spelling of MediaWiki; adjust link to Special:UserList

2012-03-27T16:07:09Z

Fix spelling of MediaWiki; adjust link to Special:UserList

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	===Who manages the wiki?===		===Who manages the wiki?===
	The wiki is managed by a group of employees and community volunteers. You can see the [~~https~~:~~//tech.lds.org/wiki/index.php?title=~~Special:ListUsers&group=sysop full list of administrators here]. The most active wiki administrators are the following:		The wiki is managed by a group of employees and community volunteers. You can see the [{{fullurl:Special:ListUsers}}?group=sysop full list of administrators here]. The most active wiki administrators are the following:
	* [[user:Johnsonth\|Tom Johnson]]		* [[user:Johnsonth\|Tom Johnson]]
	* [[user:Aebrown\|Alan Brown]]		* [[user:Aebrown\|Alan Brown]]
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	===Can I make some pages private to employees only?===		===Can I make some pages private to employees only?===
	No, all pages are visible on the wiki to the world. If you have sensitive or confidential information, do not add it to this wiki. If information is specific to Church employees only, consider using a SharePoint wiki (which is behind the firewall) instead. ~~Mediawiki~~ (the software that runs this wiki) does not have the ability to make some pages private. The philosophy of Mediawiki is that information should be open and free to all.		No, all pages are visible on the wiki to the world. If you have sensitive or confidential information, do not add it to this wiki. If information is specific to Church employees only, consider using a SharePoint wiki (which is behind the firewall) instead. [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] (the software that runs this wiki) does not have the ability to make some pages private. The philosophy of Mediawiki is that information should be open and free to all.


	[[category:LDSTech Administration]]		[[category:LDSTech Administration]]

Johnsonth: couldn't figure how to link to this page with an internal link

2012-03-27T15:52:40Z

couldn't figure how to link to this page with an internal link

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	===Who manages the wiki?===		===Who manages the wiki?===
	The wiki is managed by a group of employees and community volunteers. You can see the [[Special:ListUsers&group=sysop\|full list of administrators here]]. The most active wiki administrators are the following:		The wiki is managed by a group of employees and community volunteers. You can see the [https://tech.lds.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=sysop full list of administrators here]. The most active wiki administrators are the following:
	* [[user:Johnsonth\|Tom Johnson]]		* [[user:Johnsonth\|Tom Johnson]]
	* [[user:Aebrown\|Alan Brown]]		* [[user:Aebrown\|Alan Brown]]

Johnsonth: created new page based on incoming questions

2012-03-27T15:51:10Z

created new page based on incoming questions

New page

The following are frequently asked questions about the wiki.

===How can I prevent others from making edits?===
Collaborative editing is one advantage of the wiki platform. The basic philosophy is that articles are never finished; through collaborative edits from multiple people, the content gets more accurate, thorough, refined, and useful. Rather than preventing people from making edits, you should watch a page and monitor any edits that are made. To watch a page, click the '''Watch''' button above the page title. When someone makes a change, you'll receive an e-mail notification as long as you've accepted to receive e-mail notifications in your preferences. To configure your e-mail preferences, go to '''[[Special:Preferences|My preferences]]'''. On the User Profile tab, and select the check boxes in the '''E-mail''' section.

===Who manages the wiki?===
The wiki is managed by a group of employees and community volunteers. You can see the [[Special:ListUsers&group=sysop|full list of administrators here]]. The most active wiki administrators are the following:
* [[user:Johnsonth|Tom Johnson]]
* [[user:Aebrown|Alan Brown]]

Contact information is on each user profile page. Wiki administrators regularly monitor changes to the wiki to ensure the changes are appropriate.

===Who has edit rights to the wiki?===
Anyone who has an [[LDS Account]] can edit the wiki. When you make edits to the wiki, your LDS Account user name appears in the history of edits for the page you edited. A list of recent wiki edits also appears in [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]], a link in the footer. You can click the user name to see the person's profile page, if the user has created one.

===Can I make some pages private to employees only?===
No, all pages are visible on the wiki to the world. If you have sensitive or confidential information, do not add it to this wiki. If information is specific to Church employees only, consider using a SharePoint wiki (which is behind the firewall) instead. Mediawiki (the software that runs this wiki) does not have the ability to make some pages private. The philosophy of Mediawiki is that information should be open and free to all.

[[category:LDSTech Administration]]