Help:Contribute

Thanks for helping build out the wiki! There's always lots to be done (especially after the migration from the old site)—this page provides an overview of some of the main tasks we need help with.

Getting started

First things first, check out Help:Quickstart to setup an account and learn more about this wiki and how to edit it.

Next, for some practice, follow the instructions on Help:Places to setup or edit the page for your own studio/printshop. Detailed instructions are listed in the "Walkthrough" section.

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First edits

Editing your own place page is a great way to get a feel for the system.

If you manage a riso somewhere, check and see if your space already has a page on the wiki! Use the search bar at the the top of the page to search for your press/printshop/studio name.

1. If the page already exists, click the "Edit with form" button at the top of the page.
2. To create a new place page you'll want to use Form:Place, typing in the name of your studio, and then clicking "Create or edit."

Once you're in the form for the page, you can change the details of the place, or use the big free text box at the end of the page to edit the article content.

1. Check and update your website link, inventory of inks, list of machines, etc. You can also add location information and services.
2. If you add coordinates, your place will show up on the atlas!
3. For the article, try adding some text explaining your studio!
   • See that {{Inventory}} text in there? That invokes the Template:Inventory component, which displays a visual list of the inks and machines you selected.
   • You can add a citation to some other page (maybe the about page on your site) if you want, by including the link in <ref></ref> tags (for example: <ref>https://perfectly-acceptable.com/print/</ref>). Then at the end of the free text/article box, add {{References}}
   • Generally for place pages, there's some kind of introduction, then people might have subheadings to talk about different topics (e.g. == History ==), then they have the {{Inventory}} template and the {{References}} template (if there were citations on the page).
4. Once you're done editing, click "Save changes" and your new/updated page will be saved to the wiki!
   • You can optionally provide a little descriptions of the edits you made in the "Summary" box before saving—this will be saved along with the record of your edits, and can be useful when looking through the history of a page (but is not strictly necessary).
   • If you have "Watch this page" selected you'll get a little notification (when logged into the wiki) whenever this page is edited in the future.
5. If you want to check out the other ways of editing a page, try the "Edit" button (for the Visual Editor) or "Edit source" button (for the wikitext editor), both in the top bar of the page.

For more information on places, please see Help:Places. Also feel free to use the atlas to look at other place pages for ideas! (Though many are also mostly blank pages, waiting to be updated.)