At 09:15 PM 6/16/2005, Dave Ketchum wrote:
THANK YOU - my first experience with this type of editing.
EASY to use.
Wiki, from Wiki-Wiki: "quick" or "informal" in Hawaiian
I assume politeness counts BIG - anyone can take a page out and edit it as
described below. BIG DEAL is to:
Do not take it out until ready to edit.
Edit promptly.
AND, put it back so others can get in - you can take it out again
later if you have more editing to do.
Actually, not quite that. If the electorama wiki works like most, opening
an edit window does not take the page out. It just opens an edit window
with a copy of the page. When you save the page, the wiki replaces the
original page with your page. There is an archive that shows the history of
edits.
One caution: it doesn't hurt to copy your edited page to your clipboard or
to a file before you try to save it, especially if you've invested
substantial work in it. I've lost an edit when somebody else saved an edit
while I still had my own edit open. You may not know until you try to save
your copy. Also, if your internet connection drops, you also might lose
your work. If you have it on the clipboard, you can stuff it in a file if
that happens. The history tab allows comparing any two versions, so you can
see what changes have been made.
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