User page help

From Chester Wiki

Users that create their own user accounts get assigned their own user page. These pages provide:

• ...a brief introduction.
• ...a personal sandbox for each user to work on projects or ideas outside the "main" page.
• ...a communications medium for collaborating with other users.

[edit] Brief introduction

Users typically include one or two paragraphs about themselves personally and their areas of interest in Chester Wiki. A portrait photograph or other picture may be appropriate but isn't necessary. Some peopel also keep a list of articles they've worked on (a brag rag) on their User page.

Remember that Chester Wiki is not a personal home page service or a vacation photo service. Overloaded User pages are considered a form of abuse.

On the User page, a User contributions link shows all changes that the user has contributed to Chester Wiki. The User contributions page looks pretty much like a Page history page, with the same fields.

[edit] Personal sandbox

People should use their User page for developing new ideas about Chester Wiki, or for putting together a "toolbox" of frequently-needed text and Wiki markup. It can be helpful to create subpages for tools, brag rags, new article brainstorming, and TODO lists.

It's possible for other users to edit, change, delete, move, overwrite, add to, or otherwise mess around with User pages or subpages. It's generally considered bad form to do so, though, unless invited by the user.

[edit] Communications medium

User pages have a link to Email this user in the toolbox on the left menu. Because email from the site can be disabled by the user, however, it's often more useful to post a comment on the user's personal talk page.

If another user posts text on your User talk page, you will see a little link when you're viewing other Chester Wiki pages.