My Preferences in the wiki: Difference between revisions

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The wiki allows users to set preferences using the my preferences link in the top right corner. While it is ultimately up to anyone to choose their own settings, there are a few settings that make life easier if used uniformly so the wiki acts the same for everyone. So, unless you have reasons to set your preferences differently, following are some suggested settings.

If you have never done so, it is probably worth your time to check and work through this article.Ttenbergen 14:01, 23 December 2008 (CST)

Date and Time Tab

This was made the default for users added to the wiki after 2012-01-30 and should be fixed wiki-wide for all users since 2013-07-02

Since wikis are often used in global teams, they keep time in Universal Standard Time. If kept to the default, it will look in the logs as if edits were made 6-7 hours later than they actually were. To set the wiki to local time:

click on "my preferences" at the top right corner
click the "Date and time" tab
change the Time Zone dropdown to America/Winnipeg
click the "Save" button

With these changes, the edit time on the wiki should now look normal.

see Date/Time stamps on the wiki

Recent Changes Tab

This was made the default for users added to the wiki after 2012-01-30

By default the wiki will show every change for a page in recent changes, leading to a lot of lines when many incremental changes are made to a document. This can be changed to a setting that summarizes these changes, which is easier to read and faster to work through.

Click on "my preferences" at the top right corner
Click on the "Recent Changes" tab
Check the checkbox for "Use enhanced recent changes (requires JavaScript)"
Click on "Save"

Search Tab

This was made the default for users added to the wiki after 2014-09-11

By default, the wiki only searches articles from the search box; this means that categories, templates and files would be missed in a search. The following change will ensure that the whole wiki is searched.

Click on "my preferences" at the top right corner
Click on the "Search Options" tab
Check the checkbox for "Search in all namespaces"
Click on "Save"

Updating the settings centrally

see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:UserOptions.php

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 If you have never done so, it is probably worth your time to check and work through this article.[[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 14:01, 23 December 2008 (CST)
-== User Profile Tab ==
+== Date and Time Tab==
-Make sure "Enable e-mail from other users" in the "E-mail" box is checked; this will allow people to use the link generated in your signature to get to your article from where they can email you.
+''This was made the default for users added to the wiki after 2012-01-30 and should be fixed wiki-wide for all users since 2013-07-02''
-The other email settings are up to personal preference. In any usage of the wiki for mailing, please keep in mind the considerations for [[wiki emails]].
-*See [http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wikis/ccmdb/images/1/18/Setting_WIKI_Preferences.pdf Setting WIKI Preferences.pdf] to see a screen shot of the items you need to set in WIKI preferences (user profile tab) which enables you to receive emails through our WIKI.
-== Skin Tab ==
+Since wikis are often used in global teams, they keep time in [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Universal_Standard_Time Universal Standard Time]. If kept to the default, it will look in the logs as if edits were made 6-7 hours later than they actually were.
-Leave this in the default ''MonoBook (default)''. If this is changed, directions given where to find things in the wiki may no longer be correct. For example the navigation and toolbox items may change.
+To set the wiki to local time:
-== Date and Time Tab==
-Since wikis are often used in global teams, they default to standard time for their time zone. To set the wiki to local time:
 # click on "my preferences" at the top right corner
 # click the "Date and time" tab
-# click the "Fill in from browser" button
+# change the '''Time Zone''' dropdown to America/Winnipeg
 # click the "Save" button
 With these changes, the edit time on the wiki should now look normal.
 *see [[Date/Time stamps on the wiki]]
-== Editing Tab ==
+== Recent Changes Tab ==
-Make sure ''Enable section editing via edit links'' is checked. This enables the links to the right side of section headings that are occasionally referred to in wiki instructions.
+''This was made the default for users added to the wiki after 2012-01-30 ''
-== Recent Changes Tab ==
+By default the wiki will show every change for a page in recent changes, leading to a lot of lines when many incremental changes are made to a document. This can be changed to a setting that summarizes these changes, which is easier to read and faster to work through.
-To make the recent changes listing more easy to read, set it to enhanced mode.
 # Click on "my preferences" at the top right corner
 # Click on the "Recent Changes" tab
-# Check the checkbox for "Enhanced recent changes (JavaScript)"
+# Check the checkbox for "Use enhanced recent changes (requires JavaScript)"
 # Click on "Save"
-The new setting will combine recent changes to the same article in the same listing and give the number of changes instead of listing a separate line for each change, thus making the list shorter.
 == Search Tab ==
-By default, ''(Main)'' is checked. Make sure you also check '''Category''' so that the contents and titles of categories are included in any searches from the search bar.
+''This was made the default for users added to the wiki after 2014-09-11 ''
+By default, the wiki only searches articles from the search box; this means that categories, templates and files would be missed in a search. The following change will ensure that the whole wiki is searched.
+# Click on "my preferences" at the top right corner
+# Click on the "Search Options" tab
+# Check the checkbox for "Search in all namespaces"
+# Click on "Save"
+== Updating the settings centrally ==
+see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:UserOptions.php
-[[Category:Wiki Usage]]
+[[Category:Wiki use]]