FalloutWiki:Schmault-Tec University/Editing/Lesson 1

Following total atomic annihilation, the rebuilding of this great wiki of ours may fall to you. That's why we at Schmault-Tec have prepared these educational material for you to better understand the several defining attributes that make you S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

Spotting an error
There are definitely pages that need fixing, our wiki is a fork and needs a lot of work. So you've found a page with an error.

Opening the editor
Opening the editor is done by clicking Edit button at the top right corner of the page. You are now in the editor. You can choose Source Editor or Visual Editor. With Source Editor, the actual wiki markup is shown and with Visual Editor, the page functions more like a word processor. Editors can choose whichever one they prefer for editing.

Saving the edit
Saving an edit is done by clicking the 'Save changes' button on the right side of the toolbar. There's a textbox to put an edit summary, and three buttons. First, we're going to check the 'Review your changes' button.

With show changes, the left column of text is the currently viewable page, and the right column is the text as you've changed it. Double check your changes are how you intend them to look. With preview, you can see the article as it will appear when you save.
 * Preview/Show changes

Clicking Return to save form brings us back to the previous form. Here we're going to add an edit summary and save the page.
 * Saving

An edit summary is a comment attached to your edit that isn't visible on the page itself, but is publicly viewable when looking at the changes that have been made. Succinctly summarize your edit so that other editors know what you changed. Click save and the edit will be sent to the moderation queue.

Moderation
The Independent Fallout Wiki utilizes the Moderation extension, a tool that manages all contributions to the site. Edits undergo a review process that requires approval before changes are published. When an article is edited, the changes are marked as pending, and appear in the moderation queue.

Until an Administrator approves an edit, the page remains unchanged. Pending edits do not appear on the page history nor in Recent Changes, but the user can see their change and continue editing this pending version of the page. All activity appears in the moderation log.

Note: The moderation extension is not used to change your edits or remove them from the site. It is only used to filter out vandalism or end potential edit wars before they start. All good faith edits are approved and any changes made to them will show up in recent changes as normal. Once approved, the edit will publish. And that's it! The edit has been saved, approved, and is viewable to all.