Rantrom

Adoption offer

I'll adopt you if you want. Wiki: Is it a Wikia wiki? I can help if it's Wikia. -- Barkjon  01:40, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hmm, I might be able to help you. Tell me what you need help with. P.S. Do you want me to adopt you? I'll give you tips. Reply on my talk page.-- Barkjon  02:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Creating a wiki

Sorry, I don't know anything about how to create a wiki such that only certain people can edit it. Perhaps Barkjon can help. I'll see if I can find any information about it. --Qmwne235 15:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Tips

Tips!

• You graduate from the Adopt-a-User program when you feel confident to edit on your own.
• Vandalism is when a user changes something good on a page to something bad or disrubtive.
• Rollbacks are users who use a special tool to revert vandalism quicker.
• Sysops are users who can block users, delete, protect, and un-protect pages, and make other users rollbacks. They can also rollback.
• Bureacrats are users who can do the same things as sysops, but, in addition, they can make other users bots, sysops, and other bureacrats.

-- Barkjon  00:24, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Creating a wiki only certain people can edit

Hello, Rantrom. As far as I'm aware, you can control wiki editing if you use PBwiki (read the FAQ at http://newfaq.pbwiki.com/Safety+and+security for more information), but if you're looking for answers on how to do this with MediaWiki, I'm afraid I can't help you there. Andreworkney ^talk_contribs 09:27, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

More adoption tips

• There are many "vandalism" reverting programs, such as Twinkle and Lupin's anti-vandal tool. Though these help a lot, you should try manual vandalism-reverting first.
• If your talk page gets too busy, archive it. To see an example of an archive, see big-name editors here, like Jimbo Wales's talk page. It has a couple archived talk pages.
• WikiProjects are groups of users specializing in one subject. Here's an example one: Wikipedia:WikiProject Rock music.
• Barnstars are awards on Wikipedia. Look at various user's userpages to see some.
• Have fun editing Wikipedia! Remember, be bold!

-- Barkjon  03:03, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Tips

• Mainspace pages are the pages with the information, without a prefix, like Panda.
• The Userspace are the userpages. They have the User: prefix
• Talk pages are discussion pages. They either talk about a mainspace page or they have messages for a user. They have the Talk: or User talk: prefix.
• Images are the pictures and photos on Wikipedia. They have the Image: prefix. They also have discussion pages with the prefix Image talk:.
• Keep on working!-- Barkjon  14:45, 24 May 2008 (UTC)