[14:54] <linch7> hi, I'm rel. new to ubuntu and just wrote a small howto for sync. my phone... where would be the best place to upload it? ubuntuforums.org?
[14:55] <seisen> well you can add it to the forums and add it the wiki if you would like
[14:55] <linch7> hi seisen, what wiki? :-)
[14:56] <seisen> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/
[15:00] <linch7> not sure where to start
[15:00] <seisen> on the wiki or the forums/
[15:01] <linch7> well, how do I post my howto on the wiki?
[15:02] <seisen> login in and create a new page
[19:12] <linch4> is it just me or the wiki pages are sometimes very slow to load?
[19:13] <seisen> could be a possibility
[19:15] <linch4> yes, anyway, I've never edited wiki pages before and I'm not sure what's the best thing to do... i found something that should get updated :-) what's best to do? edit the page and add my comments in it or is there something like a place where I could add my comments for the creator (or others) to review?
[19:17] <seisen> anybody can edit the page
[19:17] <seisen> you don't have to add comments but if you want you can
[19:18] <linch4> ok, i guess best is to give it a go... ty
[19:18] <seisen> if you mess something up it can always be reverted back to the way it was
[19:18] <seisen> if you have any qeustions just feel free to ask
[20:21] <linch4> is it you find it useful to have a "discuss this page" link on a wiki page? I'm thinking, people who don't want (or don't know how) to edit the wiki could leave there comments there... is it a common and recommended thing to do?
[20:26] <seisen> I think it clogs the page up myself but that is my opinion
[20:28] <Rocket2DMn> yeah im not a big fan of the discussion stuf
[20:28] <Rocket2DMn> or the pages that are starting to list contributors
[20:35] <linch4> actually, i tried to add one but it doesn't seam to work the way i'd like / thought... you cannot simply add a comment; it seams you still need to edit the page the normal way.
[20:42] <Rocket2DMn> thats right
[20:45] <linch4> I think I found a bug in the wiki...
[20:45] <linch4> It says in a template :
[20:45] <linch4> Please sign your comments by pasting `@SIG@` after them.
[20:45] <linch4> when I save the page the `@SIG@` sign is no longer there and has been replaced by my username....
[20:45] <linch4> I don't think that's what we want. Anyone know how to make the `@SIG@` appear like this on the page? I tried with a backslash before it but didn't work.
[20:57] <linch4> another question: is there such thing as a test page? where I can test my syntax out? .... isn't it prone to abuse if anyone can create pages in the wiki?
[20:57] <linch4> can I just create any kine of page  (e.g. /test030483) and try my syntax there?
[21:00] <Rocket2DMn> what exactly are you trying to test
[21:00] <Rocket2DMn> if yo uare working on a wiki page you can click the Preview button
[21:01] <Rocket2DMn> what page are you looking at for that @SIG@
[21:01] <seisen> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiSandBox
[21:02] <linch4> yes, in the case of the `@SIG@` however it displayed `@SIG@` in the preview and then changed to myusername in the real page... the `@SIG@` was then gone for ever from the edit page.
[21:03] <linch4> ty for the sandbox :-)
[21:04] <linch4> the page I was edding is: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NokiaEvolutionBluetoothSyncing/PageDiscussion
[21:06] <Rocket2DMn> yeah i think thats how its supposed to work
[21:07] <Rocket2DMn> note that wiki.ubuntu.com and help.ubuntu.com are using different versions of the wiki software, so some things are different, like linking
[21:08] <linch4> ok... will work around it by typing `@SIG@` with spaces like ` @ S I G @ `
[21:08] <linch4> ty
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