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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)
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)


== Skin Tab ==
== Date and Time Tab==
'''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.
''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''


== Date and Time 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.  
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.  
To set the wiki to local time:
To set the wiki to local time:
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# click the "Save" button
# click the "Save" button
With these changes, the edit time on the wiki should now look normal.
With these changes, the edit time on the wiki should now look normal.
*see [[Date/Time stamps on the wiki]]
*see [[Date/Time stamps on the wiki]]


== Recent Changes Tab ==  
== 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.  
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 "my preferences" at the top right corner
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== Search Tab ==
== 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]]
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