Welcome to the User Wiki Area!

Why would I want to do this?

1. It's easy. Wiki-markup is very simple to use and clear instructions are provided on the edit page itself as well as on BasicEditing (see DocumentationIndex for all the documentation) for instance, to make a link to a page all you type is this [[http://www.example.org]] and you get this: http://www.example.org you can also make a Wikiword link the same way.
2. It's useful. Todo lists are a great application of Wikis and since you can use a Wiki for anything text-based there are almost no limitations. Announcements, lists, study notes, corrigenda (ok, made the last one up)
3. It's collaborative. Anyone can change (most) Wiki pages and as soon as they're changed anyone can see that change. No accounts are currently required* and thus you can use this for collaboration with anyone!

How to get Started

1. Review Basic Editing to get a feel for what you are doing (don't worry about remembering all of that, cheatsheet on every edit page).
2. Create a page. Look up at your location bar. Change the bit that says HomePage to whatever you want your page title (WikiWord) to be (use CamelCaseLikeThis, trust me it's best to do so) Try to create specific titles, Don't make a WikiWord that's generic like TodoList try JohnsTodoList instead. You'll get a visit from Adam-7 warning that the page doesn't currently exist, below him is a link that says "Create [WikiWord]" click it.
3. Edit the page, You can use the buttons like a word-processor or enter the simple Wiki markup by hand
4. You must enter your name in the author field, and it is strongly recommended that you enter a summary of your edits in the summary field. Then click "Publish" (you can also click "Save Draft" to save a draft which will be named YourWikiWord-draft or "Preview" to make a preview appear below the edit window)

How to Edit an Existing Page

1. Visit the page
2. Click "Edit" under Page Actions in the Sidebar to your left.
3. Make your edits. Summarize them (please) and enter your name in the author field. If you're just fixing a typo check "This is a Minor Edit" and then click "Publish"

Note: Most Wiki pages have an "Edit" action available, a few such as the Main Homepage are locked to keep people from editing them and any page can be assigned an arbitrary password to keep people from editing or viewing it.

Reverting Major Mistakes

It is possible to review past versions of a page with the "History" action and restore old ones, so if you screw up badly but have already hit publish, you can undo your error that way.