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This wiki is part of a "farm" of wikis at WSU provided by WSU's Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology. All of these WSU wikis are based on the MediaWiki software which is also the basis for Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, but WSU wikis have some customizations and options that differ from Wikipedia.

Therefore, you may want to consider these sources of help:

  • Help for Wikipedia; this is very extensive, but everything that works at Wikipedia does not necessarily work for this wiki;
  • Help for Mediawiki, which covers all built-in features, but not everything in this wiki
  • WSU Wiki help, for features customized for all WSU Wikis
  • skylightwiki help, for features customized for this wiki

Use all four sources of help for best results. Experiments in the Sandbox can also be very useful (and safe).

For login help, see below.

Help for skylightwiki

  • This wiki does not permit users to upload files and images. Therefore, all information regarding uploads and images is not valid for this wiki.
  • This wiki does not permit unauthorized users to edit pages. If you expect to be able to edit pages, but you have a "view source" tab instead of an "edit" tab displayed, contact Support.
  • This wiki does not permit unauthorized users to view pages.

Help for WSU Wikis

  • wsuwiki:Help:Quick start editing
  • Users may request help by completing this support request form.
  • As an alternative to posting in the support form, logged-in users can ask a question by editing the "Help Contents Discussion" page. Click the "Discussion" tab above, then click the "+" tab to add your question.

Useful Help links to Wikipedia and MediaWiki Sites


Logging in to WSU Wiki

  • The login button is in the upper right, in the colored banner.
  • Login with your WSU Network ID, and its password.
  • If you have problems logging in here, but can log into my.wsu.edu, it may be that your Active Directory account is not enabled. Do the following:
    • Go to this page to activate your Active Directory account.
    • It will tell you your account is disabled, choose Enable, and click Continue
    • Active Directory may ask you to change your password. Try your current password, if that does not work, use the hints to construct a new more secure password. Remember this, its the password that goes with your Network ID.
    • return to Wiki.wsu.edu and try logging in.
  • Still having problems logging in? Use this support request. Mention whether you activated your Active Directory account, whether you changed your password in the process, or any other information that would help them help you. Don't share your password in the Help from, but do include your name and Network ID.
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