General Maintainers' Handbook
General Maintainers — you can click on the edit tab to update this page.
Users with General Maintainer status will eventually be able to update many of POI Factory’s reference pages.
Tips for General Maintainers
- Small, incremental changes are usually best
- Seek feedback on your ideas ahead of making larger changes
- Always enter a log message to help others understand the reason for a change
Change History
You can view change history and log messages for a page by clicking the revisions tab.
It’s a good idea to review this before making new changes.
Simultaneous Changes
If more than one person attempts to edit at the same time, only the first user’s changes will be saved. Other users will get a warning message when they attempt to save their changes.
This is one reason why it’s a good idea to make changes in small chunks.
Text Formatting
Reference pages use a subset of “markdown” tags for formatting. Here are some of the basics:
Surround text with asterisks for emphasis
*italics*
**bold**
***bold & italics***
yields
italics
bold
bold & italics
Make bullet lists by starting a line with an asterisk
* first point
* second point
* third point
yields
- first point
- second point
- third point
You can learn more about markdown tags by reading the Markdown Syntax Guide at daringfireball.net.
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