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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{PD Help Page}}<br />
You can obtain a copy of the help system in this wiki for local use in your own wiki following these steps:<br />
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* Step one: In a separate browser window, navigate to [[Special:Export]].<br />
* Step two: You will see an open textbox asking you for a list of pages to export.<br />
* Step three: Copy the list below and paste it into that textbox. This is a generally useful set, making the resulting help structure in your wiki look almost identical to the one here.<br />
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[[Help:Contents]]<br />
[[Help:Navigation]]<br />
[[Help:Searching]]<br />
[[Help:Tracking_changes]]<br />
[[Help:Editing_pages]]<br />
[[Help:Starting_a_new_page]]<br />
[[Help:Formatting]]<br />
[[Help:Links]]<br />
[[Help:Categories]]<br />
[[Help:Images]]<br />
[[Help:Templates]]<br />
[[Help:Tables]]<br />
[[Help:Variables]]<br />
[[Help:Managing_files]]<br />
[[Help:Preferences]]<br />
[[Help:Skins]]<br />
[[Help:Namespaces]]<br />
[[Help:Interwiki_linking]]<br />
[[Help:Special pages]]<br />
[[Template:PD_Help_Page]]<br />
[[Category:Help]]<br />
[[Template:Meta]]<br />
[[Template:Admin_tip]]<br />
[[Template:Prettytable]]<br />
[[Template:Hl2]]<br />
[[Template:Hl3]]<br />
[[Template:Thankyou]]<br />
[[:Image:Example.jpg]]<br />
[[:Image:Geographylogo.png]] <br />
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Sysops only:<br />
[[Template:Click]]<br />
[[Template:Languages]]<br />
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* Step four: Make sure the box "Include only the current revision, not the full history" is CHECKED.<br />
* Step five: Click the 'Export' button.<br />
* Step six: Save the file to your desktop or other convenient location you'll remember.<br />
* Step seven: Navigate to Special:Import on YOUR wiki. (You must be logged in as Admin/Sysop level to do this.)<br />
* Step eight: Browse for the file you saved, and click 'Upload'.<br />
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For the images this only copies the image descriptions. You need also to upload them on your wiki. Although not complete, at least this gets you started on a decent help system.<br />
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==Automated copying==<br />
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If you use pywikipedia, there is a script to automate the copying at http://mediawiki-tools.cvs.sourceforge.net/mediawiki-tools/pywikipedia/mirrorhelp.py, which copies all pages in the help namespace along with templates and images directly referenced by those.</div>Admin