User talk: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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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. --Qmwne2 3 5 15:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]