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This wiki runs on the MediaWiki software and is hosted by Miraheze. The bureaucrat is the BristolSHC user, which is linked to the co-op email address and can be accessed by all members. The wiki was set up by Callum in December 2022.
Permissions
Only users in the administrator group are permitted to create and edit pages because the wiki is intended as a web presence for the co-op, and as a tool for internal organisation. Additionally, only administrators can view pages in the Private namespace (pages with titles starting with "Private:") because some pages may contain personal information or details of communications which we don't have permission to release publicly.
To give a member access:
- Get them to create an account on https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:CreateAccount
- Log in as BristolSHC
- Go to Special:UserRights
- Enter their username
- Add them to the
administratorgroup - They can now log in at Special:UserLogin
Details
Most permissions for the (everyone) and user groups were removed on Special:ManageWiki/permission, and those permissions added explicitly to the administrator group. The wiki is set as private, and all pages not starting with "Private:" are whitelisted in Special:ManageWiki/settings#mw-section-permissions to allow public viewing of most pages.
The navigation bar can be edited in MediaWiki:Sidebar.
The Main Page is set as "Home" in MediaWiki:Mainpage
Styling
The wiki uses the Chameleon skin, with the navhead layout (set in Special:ManageWiki/settings/chameleon).
Some additional styling is done in MediaWiki:Common.css. This includes hiding site notices, because they can be annoying and irrelevant for viewers who don't edit the wiki. If you would like to be shown site notices then create User:Username/common.css, where Username is your own username (a link to that page is also in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering under "Shared CSS/JSON/JavaScript for all skins"), and add the following:
.siteNotice {
display: block;
}
The 'about' and 'disclaimers' links in the footer are hidden using a single "-" in MediaWiki:Aboutsite and MediaWiki:Disclaimers respectively.
Licensing
- MediaWiki:Copyright: notice about copyright in footer
- MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning: Notice shown to contributors on the editing form, above 'Save changes'.
- Bristol Student Housing Co-operative:Copyrights: Details and discussion of copyright and licensing
