Guidelines

=General=

Making a minor change
If you want to add some information, fix typos or add a few links, go ahead.

If you make a new page, you don't need to ask for permission, but make sure to list your sources and ask them for permission.

Making a major change
If you completely rewrite or reorganize a page, please let the people in  in the Discord know!

Viewing schematics and boardviews

 * Search for schematic and download a .pdf file
 * Search for boardview and download a .brd file
 * Open the .brd file in a Schematic viewer

=Louis Rossmann=

A project is underway to transfer information from all of Louis Rossmann's repair videos onto this wiki.

To avoid duplicating effort, we are using Google Sheets. Please mark videos as 'Done' when you have added their contents to the wiki, or confirmed that they are already on the wiki.

Searching through captions
g/repair-manual/youtube-captions has captions by video URL.

Ctrl+F and paste the part of the URL after. For example: QnowcxcO2-0

=MediaWiki Formatting=

This wiki uses MediaWiki Formatting. (You can also get there from the sidebar with Help about MediaWiki / Formatting)

The following are the most common types of formatting. Click  on the top right of the page and then  .

Internal links in the wiki
Example:

Standards page

Result:

Standards page

Remember to convert as many relevant keywords into internal wiki links as possible when writing an article entry. Examples include Cleaning, Reassembling, Short Circuits etc.

If the link is red, feel free redirect it to the relevant page by inserting the following: #REDIRECT Target Page

External links to other websites
Example:

Right to Repair fundraiser

Result:

Right to Repair fundraiser

Lists, Italic & Bold Text
Example:


 * italic text
 * bold text
 * italic and bold text

Result:


 * italic text
 * bold text
 * italic and bold text

Tables
To add a classic Problem & Solution table, copy / paste this into the source editor and fill in accordingly:

Result:

To add more rows, copy / paste as many " " templates as needed.

Note: that bullet lists inside tables need to be on a separate line.

Transclusion
You can include a page inside another page with.

Make sure to use  to not duplicate too much content (search engines don't like it).

Adding a new page

 * Create an internal link to the page, then click on the red link which appears: A1435 2018 13” Nonexistent MacBook Pro


 * Or simply edit the URL: https://wiki2.rossmanngroup.com/index.php?title=A1435_2018_13”_Nonexistent_MacBook_Pro

Only the beginning of the page name will show up in your browser tab!

Renaming a page
Click  in the top right and click.

Note that moving a category page does not change the category of the pages in that category. So you will have to do that manually.

Deleting a page
Ask one of the [ wiki admins] in the Discord.

:Talk pages
Click on  in the top left and add a comment. will turn into:

It is probably easier to just use the Discord, but it's good for writing notes.

Uploading a file
Click  in the sidebar.