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Admin: Point Browse links at the directory

2026-08-27T08:52:06Z

Point Browse links at the directory

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	== 2. Read anywhere ==		== 2. Read anywhere ==

	Signed in or not, you can read every wiki — nothing to join just to look around. [https://wikicircles.org Browse the directory] and dive in.		Signed in or not, you can read every wiki — nothing to join just to look around. [https://wikicircles.org/browse.html Browse the directory] and dive in.

	== 3. Join a wiki to edit it ==		== 3. Join a wiki to edit it ==

Admin: Update skeleton page: open meta editing, restyle request form

2026-08-27T04:12:26Z

Update skeleton page: open meta editing, restyle request form

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	== 3. Join a wiki to edit it ==		== 3. Join a wiki to edit it ==

	Editing is per wiki, on purpose: you opt into the communities you actually want to contribute to. On the wiki you want to edit, use its '''Contribute''' link (or visit '''<nowiki>Special:UserRights</nowiki>''' on that wiki and add yourself to the ''member'' group). That grants you editing '''on that wiki only''' — joining the espresso wiki doesn't sign you up to edit the birding wiki.		Editing is per wiki, on purpose: you opt into the communities you actually want to contribute to. Meta is the one exception — it's the platform hub, so any signed-in account can edit here and file a wiki request without joining anything first. On the wiki you want to edit, use its '''Contribute''' link (or visit '''<nowiki>Special:UserRights</nowiki>''' on that wiki and add yourself to the ''member'' group). That grants you editing '''on that wiki only''' — joining the espresso wiki doesn't sign you up to edit the birding wiki.

	== 4. Make your first edit ==		== 4. Make your first edit ==

Admin: reseed

2026-07-24T07:51:22Z

reseed

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	Everything you need to go from "just visiting" to contributing on any		Everything you need to go from "just visiting" to contributing on any wikicircles wiki.
	wikicircles wiki.

	== 1. Create your account ==		== 1. Create your account ==

	Click '''Log in''' (top right) → '''create an account'''. You only do this		Click '''Log in''' (top right) → '''create an account'''. You only do this once — the same account works on every wiki in the family, and your username is reserved everywhere, so no one can take it on another wiki.
	once — the same account works on every wiki in the family, and your username
	is reserved everywhere, so no one can take it on another wiki.

	== 2. Read anywhere ==		== 2. Read anywhere ==

	Signed in or not, you can read every wiki — nothing to join just to look		Signed in or not, you can read every wiki — nothing to join just to look around. [https://wikicircles.org Browse the directory] and dive in.
	around. [https://wikicircles.org Browse the directory] and dive in.

	== 3. Join a wiki to edit it ==		== 3. Join a wiki to edit it ==

	Editing is per wiki, on purpose: you opt into the communities you actually		Editing is per wiki, on purpose: you opt into the communities you actually want to contribute to. On the wiki you want to edit, use its '''Contribute''' link (or visit '''<nowiki>Special:UserRights</nowiki>''' on that wiki and add yourself to the ''member'' group). That grants you editing '''on that wiki only''' — joining the espresso wiki doesn't sign you up to edit the birding wiki.
	want to contribute to. On the wiki you want to edit, use its '''Contribute'''
	link (or visit '''<nowiki>Special:UserRights</nowiki>''' on that wiki and add
	yourself to the ''member'' group). That grants you editing '''on that wiki
	only''' — joining the espresso wiki doesn't sign you up to edit the birding
	wiki.

	== 4. Make your first edit ==		== 4. Make your first edit ==

	* Click '''Edit''' at the top of any page (or "create" on a red link).		* Click '''Edit''' at the top of any page (or "create" on a red link).
	* Wikitext basics: <nowiki>''italic''</nowiki>, <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki>,		* Wikitext basics: <nowiki>''italic''</nowiki>, <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki>, <nowiki>== headings ==</nowiki>, <nowiki>* bullets</nowiki>, and <nowiki>[[Page name]]</nowiki> to link another page.
	<nowiki>== headings ==</nowiki>, <nowiki>* bullets</nowiki>, and
	<nowiki>[[Page name]]</nowiki> to link another page.
	* Save — there's no approval queue.		* Save — there's no approval queue.

	== Why editing is per-wiki ==		== Why editing is per-wiki ==

	Each wiki is its own community with its own norms. Keeping edit rights local		Each wiki is its own community with its own norms. Keeping edit rights local means a wiki's contributors are people who chose to be there, which keeps quality up and spam down. See [[Community guidelines]] for the rest.
	means a wiki's contributors are people who chose to be there, which keeps
	quality up and spam down. See [[Community guidelines]] for the rest.

Admin: Seed skeleton page

2026-07-24T07:39:20Z

Seed skeleton page

New page

Everything you need to go from "just visiting" to contributing on any
wikicircles wiki.

== 1. Create your account ==

Click '''Log in''' (top right) → '''create an account'''. You only do this
once — the same account works on every wiki in the family, and your username
is reserved everywhere, so no one can take it on another wiki.

== 2. Read anywhere ==

Signed in or not, you can read every wiki — nothing to join just to look
around. [https://wikicircles.org Browse the directory] and dive in.

== 3. Join a wiki to edit it ==

Editing is per wiki, on purpose: you opt into the communities you actually
want to contribute to. On the wiki you want to edit, use its '''Contribute'''
link (or visit '''<nowiki>Special:UserRights</nowiki>''' on that wiki and add
yourself to the ''member'' group). That grants you editing '''on that wiki
only''' — joining the espresso wiki doesn't sign you up to edit the birding
wiki.

== 4. Make your first edit ==

* Click '''Edit''' at the top of any page (or "create" on a red link).
* Wikitext basics: <nowiki>''italic''</nowiki>, <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki>,
<nowiki>== headings ==</nowiki>, <nowiki>* bullets</nowiki>, and
<nowiki>[[Page name]]</nowiki> to link another page.
* Save — there's no approval queue.

== Why editing is per-wiki ==

Each wiki is its own community with its own norms. Keeping edit rights local
means a wiki's contributors are people who chose to be there, which keeps
quality up and spam down. See [[Community guidelines]] for the rest.