To any cautious, curious, possible helper to Scientolipedia
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Intro[edit]
I imagine the thought of editing or submitting a page to a Wiki (be it Wikipedia or Scientolipedia) can be a bit forbidding.
Before you attempt it, you would probably be wise to have some experience with text handling on a computer - things like prettying up an email with italic, bold, even a colour or a colour background. So I suggest you have that understood. You should also understand things like moving the cursor around, highlighting passages and copy and paste (copy and paste is a very valuable tool, and there are two or three ways I know of of doing it).
Preliminary – have a login, and log in[edit]
If you know those things, then to look at details of Scientolipedia page making, you need a log in. If you have logged into other things you know how to do that. You will have to divulge some information about yourself, and choose a name (I'd prefer you to use something which helps me remember you, like your first and last name, as in my log in name AntPhillips).
See in detail what others have done[edit]
Having got that far you can explore. You can look in all sorts of nooks and crannies without disturbing anything, and (so far as I know) without leaving a trace of yourself.
Perhaps the first thing you could do is take a page (any one) try for example [[1]]. This is a simple one, which I added something to.
You can (without disturbing anything, or getting your fingers bitten in any way) have a look at it's history – what changes have been made and by whom. Near the top of the page you will see View history (in light blue). Click on that. You will get a short list of three, the original setting up and two changes. Now the interesting bit comes. Click on the bottom "hole" (which at the moment is not filled in with a black ball). A black ball appears in it and an extra circle appears on the lineThe military type of organization form whereby there is a definite ascending and descending chain of command. Orders pass from top management down the line of command and compliances and data pass on up without by-passing the chain of command. (Modern Management Defined (c) L. Ron Hubbard, 1976)
above. Click on the right hand one of those two and you are ready to see what changes "AntPhillips" made. Click on either of those grey background boxes which says Compared selected revisions and you're in for the surprise of you life (if you have not done it before). For on the left you see what was first put up (it says by Dl88008 , which is Dave, but in this instance it was some sort of a clever programme putting 250 or so items up at the same time). On the left you see what I put up, but you see it with the formatting codes (most or all were put in by an easy way you will learn of soon - you are on the middle part of the cycle of action – persist).
Below this you will see how the page looked after I made those changes.
No harm has been done. You have made no changes . And certainly not saved any, as you made none.
Now you could go back to the View history, and look (in the same way) at the later change, which Dave made. You need to analyse this a little carefully and you will see (in red) that he has deleted something I wrote in one place, and places it later and he has added a heading.
Fascinating, don't you think? (If you don't think it fascintaing either I have not explained it well enough, or this sort of work is not your cup of tea, so go back to auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975)).
If you want to go back to the original article, you can press (same lineThe military type of organization form whereby there is a definite ascending and descending chain of command. Orders pass from top management down the line of command and compliances and data pass on up without by-passing the chain of command. (Modern Management Defined (c) L. Ron Hubbard, 1976) as the View History) either Page or Read. Nothing has been changed, and the changes you didn't make (or did perhaps, by accident) have not been saved.
I suggest you play around with a few more pages in this way. You learn by doing.
Tools available for editing[edit]
When you feel you have reached an EPend phenomena: 1. "those indicators in the pc and meter which show that a chain or process is ended." It shows in Dianetics that basic on that chain and flow has been erased, and in Scientology that the pc has been released on that process being run. (End Phenomenon) on that here is something else simple you could do to have some fun, and, again, not make any changes you might be afraid of being hung for. Incidentally, any change anybody makes can easily be reversed by an administrator.
This is what you do. Take any page (probably a simple one, or one you are interested in) and press on of the places marked Edit or Edit with form. Don't be afraid. The moment you open up such a page, at the end, there will be a place marked Cancel and pressing that will let you leave without changing anything, possibly without a trace that you have been there (covert :-) ).
Do it a few times with various things, til you no longer feel like a schoolboy, first day at school, afraid to do anything wrong (whoops – I got back onto my track). Unless you press a button marked save no change will be made (even if you do press save any administrator can easily change it back). Now at this point you can see the different tools available to you as an editor. Fiddle around and have a look at them.
Probably if you are curious, and try various things except the save, you will be ready to make small changes, or even set up a simple page. I can tell you a couple of places changes need to be made – and you might runUndergo processing. (Science of Survival, p.75) into others, like obvious spelling mistakes. By the way, if you do change a page, there is something called a watchEvery member of a ship's company has two general types of activities, one of these is as a member of watches, wherein he handles his duties of steering, lookout, engines, etc., including emergency drills. (FO 1109) list, and the person who has made the page will probably have it on his watchEvery member of a ship's company has two general types of activities, one of these is as a member of watches, wherein he handles his duties of steering, lookout, engines, etc., including emergency drills. (FO 1109) list and he will be informed. You have a job keeping secret changes you make.
Wikipedia[edit]
Incidentally, using some of the things I have mentioned above (notably View History) you can look at Wikipedia articles, and with Wikipedia you do not need a log in. I found it rather interesting.
Thanks Ant, good advice!
World's Best Auditor is a demo auditor1. one who listens and computes; a Scn practitioner. 2. one who has been trained in the technology of Scn. An auditor applies standard technology to preclears. 3. a person who through church training becomes skilled in the successful application of Dn and Scn to his family, friends and the public to achieve the ability gained as stated on the Gradation Chart for his class of training...more's page anyone can mess around with for practice editing.
You are quite right about people not worrying about breaking anything. Anything can be reversed or undone.
That's good. Using what I have described above (View history etc.) on World's Best Auditor you can see who has dared to try, and Dave's reverting to the original, etc. Incidentally if you edit World's Best Auditor doing that you can see the sort of tools you have to help you. Mouse over each symbol and you get told what they mean. Isn't the computer age truly wonderful? - when you know how :-(
