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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 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.
-== User Profile Tab ===
+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)
-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.
-The other email settings are up to personal preference.
+== 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''
-== 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:
+# click on "my preferences" at the top right corner
-== Date and Time ==
+# click the "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:
+# change the '''Time Zone''' dropdown to America/Winnipeg
-# Click on "my preferences" at the top right corner
+# click the "Save" button
-# Click on the "Date and Time" tab
-# Click the "Fill in from browser" button
-# Click on "Save"
 With these changes, the edit time on the wiki should now look normal.
+*see [[Date/Time stamps on the wiki]]
-{{Discussion}}
+== Recent Changes Tab ==
-==== Discussion ====
+''This was made the default for users added to the wiki after 2012-01-30 ''
-*My time display always seems to change.  The above instruction is followed however, from time to time, the "TIME" changes and is no longer stamping the correct current. time.[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 19:46, 22 December 2008 (CST)
-** There are two components to the time issue. I will actually document them in a separate article, let's call it [[Date/Time stamps on the wiki]][[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 09:01, 23 December 2008 (CST)
-==== Making the Recent Changes "enhanced" ====
+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 ==
+''This was made the default for users added to the wiki after 2014-09-11 ''
-*I found doing these changes VERY useful, the recent changes are indeed easier to navigate, and I also changed the time so I can tell when it was written--[[User:JHutton|JHutton]] 10:21, 29 October 2008 (CDT)
+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.
-** I am glad to hear that. I hope your comment encourages someone to actually look at this page. From questions I get I have a feeling not too many people have actually looked at it. [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 10:23, 29 October 2008 (CDT)
+# Click on "my preferences" at the top right corner
-*can we get more comments about this from other collectors please.  Have others used this?[[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 22:38, 29 October 2008 (CDT)
+# Click on the "Search Options" tab
-**I did these changes .It is easier to follow and understand .[[User:SKiesman|SKiesman]] 08:28, 23 December 2008 (CST)
+# Check the checkbox for "Search in all namespaces"
-***Once the changes were done, it made sense. I used to think
+# Click on "Save"
-you people were working around the clock....[[User:WGobert|WGobert]] 09:27, 23 December 2008 (CST)
+== Updating the settings centrally ==
+see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:UserOptions.php
-[[Category:Wiki Usage]]
+[[Category:Wiki use]]