Reference & Help

Freegle Volunteer Wiki › 📚 Reference & Help

New to editing this wiki, or just need to look something up? This section explains how the wiki itself is organised and how to contribute to it, alongside a handful of general how-to guides and contact pages that didn't fit anywhere else.

Start here: Freegle Wiki explains why we use a wiki at all, and Help with the Wiki covers getting an account and making your first edit.

Using this wiki

• Freegle Wiki - why we use a wiki, how it's organised, and links to help, layout and etiquette pages.
• Freegle Wiki Layout - how the wiki's three main portals and their categories fit together.
• Help with the Wiki - how to get a wiki account, the basics of editing, and pages that still need writing.
• Wiki Etiquette - a handful of ground rules for editing without stepping on other people's toes.
• This blue word - a gentle, hands-on explainer of how the wiki's blue links and categories work, for absolute beginners.
• Wiki Reports - monthly round-ups of significant wiki changes, posted to Central since 2020.
• To do list - a running list of wiki pages and sections that still need writing or updating, if you fancy contributing.

How do I...?

• How do I do this? - a jumping-off page linking to how-to guides for common tasks: screenshots, passwords, Google Docs and more.
• Putting screenshots on Freegle Wiki - how to capture and save a screenshot, and upload it onto a wiki page.
• Create a Secure Password - tips on choosing a strong, unique password for each site you use.
• Sharing Google Docs - the best way to share a Google Doc read-only so anyone can view or edit it.
• Your Google History - how to view and clear your personal Google search history.
• Firefox - what Firefox is, why some volunteers like it, and a link to the Freegle browser theme.
• Mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Reset password - a link to MediaWiki's own password-reset help, kept because it kept turning up as a broken link.

Contacts and credits

• Contacts - where to find contact details for Freegle's groups, people and teams.
• Contact Details - the master list of Freegle email addresses, for external queries and for reaching internal teams.
• Contributors - a thank-you to the many volunteers who wrote and built this wiki over the years.

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