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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.html 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. 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. | ||
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. | ||
* 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. | |||
Latest revision as of 08:52, 27 August 2026
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. 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. 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 Special:UserRights 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: ''italic'', '''bold''', == headings ==, * bullets, and [[Page name]] 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.