Help:Discussion
This page is intended for people who would like to help out with the Lagoon is Fun wiki, but aren't quite sure how to go about it. It has been written with Lagoon is Fun forum users in mind.
Discussion on the wiki
While there are many things that you can do here, one of the most important and rewarding things you can do is simply joining in the discussion.
Every single page on this wiki has both an informational page that you are familiar with if you've ever read a page on Wikipedia, and a discussion area.
To access a given page's discussion area, just use the tabs at the top of the page.
The discussion area is used to discuss possible changes to the corresponding informational page. If there's something that you'd like to see here, or a change you think should be made, but you don't want to barge in and rewrite it, just add your thoughts in the discussion area and we can all help decide the best direction to take.
The discussion area works slightly differently than a forum. You post to it by directly editing the discussion page, so there's a couple of extra things to keep in mind.
If the page you're viewing hasn't had any discussion yet, the discussion area will be blank. You will be given the opportunity to create the discussion page from scratch. If there has been discussion already, you will have to use either the "edit" or "add topic" tabs at the top of the discussion area.
Each topic on a discussion page should have a headline and every post should have your signature. If you don't sign it, we won't know who wrote it! A headline can be created by surrounding your headline with two equals signs. You can sign your posts by typing four tildes.
A post in the discussion area should be formatted like this:
== Topic Headline == Discussion Discussion Discussion ˜˜˜˜
Alternatively, using the "add topic" tab will format your headline for you. You will still need to sign your posts.
A good way to keep up with the discussion going on here is by checking the "Recent changes" link in the left margin of any page. It's a lot like checking the latest forum posts.