Historical version 9 of FAQ (view current version)

Some refactoring is required; I figure this page can swallow up Adding New Pages too. --Earle

What exactly is a wiki, anyway?
  See WhatIsaWiki.
Is there an index?
  There are lots. If you're on a page whose title starts with "Category", for example Category Tube, you can click on the title to see an automatic list of all pages in that category. The top-level category is Category Category, from which you can click on the title as with any other category, or browse the hand-built list of categories (this may, however, be slightly out of date).
Can I add a new page?
  That's the whole point! We invite your contribution. Read Adding New Pages and Templating Conventions and you'll be ready to go.
I'm scared to add something in case I do it wrong!
  Don't worry; someone will fix it if you do. Adding new and useful content is rarely bad, even if you do make a few style errors.
Oops! I have just created a page, and on second thoughts it shouldn't be there. How do I get rid of it?
  Unfortunately, you can't actually delete the page. Replace the contents with:

This page should be deleted, [[Fix Please]]

A site administrator will sort this out when they have time. If you decide you want to retitle the page, there is another mechanism available:

  • Cut and paste the old page into the new page
  • Replace old page with a single line:
#REDIRECT [[New Page]]

Can I edit/correct/update/comment on a page by someone else?
  Yes, you can. Please be mindful of Wiki Etiquette and our Templating Conventions, though.
How do I format my text?
  Have a look at Text Formatting Examples.
How do I put in a picture?
  Have a look at Using Images.
Can I use HTML? And if so, which tags can I use?
  Yes you can. These tags are allowed: b i font small sub sup code em s strike strong var div center blockquote ul li table tr td th caption br p hr
Where can I practice?
  That would be the Sandbox.
Do I have to name everything with a postcode at the end? It gets kind of tedious reading it every time there's a link to it.
  Not everything - there's only one Oxford Circus for example, so no postcode is required. Things like pubs, or members of restaurant chains, however, may have the same names in several locations, or there may be two different places with the same name. For example, there's more than one pub called the "Windsor Castle". So, name your page with the postcode at the end, like Windsor Castle, W8 7AR to avoid ambiguity.

However, wiki links can be just like normal web links; the text of the link doesn't have to be the name of the page it refers to. Use this technique: [[Windsor Castle, W8 7AR | like this]] and your link to the page will end up looking like this, so you won't have to break up the flow of your pages with ugly postcodes.

It's so easy to modify this site, as I have just done. Why don't you do something about it???? Or is this just some sort of open source free for all? If so, it's a rather naive way of thinking no one's going to wreak havoc onto your pages.
  Yes, it's easy to modify the site. This is the point; anyone with something useful to say can easily add knowledge to the site. Conversely, anyone can remove useless or outdated information in order to keep the site up to date; and if someone vandalises a page, the next visitor can easily restore the previous page from the revision history. See WhyWikiWorks and SoftSecurity for more.
How do locales work?
  For information on this, see Using Locales.
Is there a convention for naming pages about tube stops?
 

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