How To Edit A Page

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CopperWiki is an opensource site or a wiki in popular terminology. This means anyone can easily edit any unprotected page and save those changes immediately to that page. After your first edit, you will be a CopperWiki editor!

Note: You can use the trial room to experiment with page editing.

Introduction

Editing most CopperWiki pages is easy. Simply click on the edit tab at the top of the page (or on a section-edit link). This will bring you to a new page with a text box containing the editable text of the original page. If you add information to a page, please provide references, as unreferenced facts are subject to removal. you will see the differences between the page with your edits and the previous version of the page by pressing the Show changes button. You can also press the Show Preview button to see what the page looks like with your changes. If you're satisfied with what you see, press the Save page button. Your changes will immediately be visible to all CopperWiki users.

You can also click on the Discussion tab to see the corresponding talk page, which contains comments about the page from other Wikipedia users. Click on the "+" tab to add a new section, or edit the page in the same way as an article page. You should also remember to sign your messages on talk pages and some special-purpose project pages, but you should not sign edits you make to regular articles. In page histories, the MediaWiki software keeps track of which user makes each change.

Minor edits

A check to the minor edit box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the version with your edit and the previous version: typo corrections, formatting and presentational changes, rearranging of text without modifying content, etc. A minor edit is a version that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. The minor edit option is one of several options available only to registered users.

Major edits

All editors are encouraged to be bold, but there are several things that a user can do to ensure that major edits are performed smoothly. Before engaging in a major edit, a user should consider discussing proposed changes on the article discussion/talk page. During the edit, if doing so over an extended period of time, the The Inuse template message is placed at the top of a page you are actively editing for a short period of time. The tag is intended to inform people that someone is currently working on the article, thereby reducing edit conflicts. Please do not leave it in place for more than the few hours at most that should be necessary, as doing so may unnecessarily discourage others from contributing to the article. If it has been up for more than two hours since the last edit, it should be removed. Specifying periods of several days or longer for this template goes against the spirit of simply avoiding edit conflicts; please only use it for sessions where you are actively editing the article.

If you wish to indicate that an article is being rebuilt over a longer period of time consider the {{underconstruction}} template. That template encourages others to edit the article while indicating that it is a work in progress.

To use, just add Template loop detected: Template:Inuse at the top of the article you want to work on. If you want to reserve it for a specific length of time and optionally, a message, use Template loop detected: Template:Inuse.

Please remember to remove the Inuse note as soon as you're finished editing. tag can reduce the likelihood of an edit conflict. During the edit, if doing so over an extended period of time, the The Inuse template message is placed at the top of a page you are actively editing for a short period of time. The tag is intended to inform people that someone is currently working on the article, thereby reducing edit conflicts. Please do not leave it in place for more than the few hours at most that should be necessary, as doing so may unnecessarily discourage others from contributing to the article. If it has been up for more than two hours since the last edit, it should be removed. Specifying periods of several days or longer for this template goes against the spirit of simply avoiding edit conflicts; please only use it for sessions where you are actively editing the article.

If you wish to indicate that an article is being rebuilt over a longer period of time consider the {{underconstruction}} template. That template encourages others to edit the article while indicating that it is a work in progress.

To use, just add Template loop detected: Template:Inuse at the top of the article you want to work on. If you want to reserve it for a specific length of time and optionally, a message, use Template loop detected: Template:Inuse.

Please remember to remove the Inuse note as soon as you're finished editing. tag can reduce the likelihood of an edit conflict. Once the edit has been completed, the inclusion of an edit summary will assist in documenting the changes. These steps will all help to ensure that major edits are well received by the CopperWiki community.

A major edit should be reviewed to confirm that it is consensual to all concerned editors. Therefore, any change that affects the meaning of an article is major (not minor), even if the edit is a single word.

There are no necessary terms to which you have to agree when doing major edits, but the recommendations above have become best practice. If you do it your own way, the likelihood of your edits being reedited may be higher.