From VincentWiki

The Vincentian Encyclopedia is a Mediawiki wiki, which means that it is very similar to Wikipedia. When viewing any page in the Vincentian Encylopedia, you'll find three main navigation elements:

1. The sidebar on the left gives you access to important pages in the wiki such as Categories, Vincentian topics and Historic events. It also contains a Search box for searching for information contained in the Encyclopedia.
2. At the top of the page are links (often called tabs) which relate to the page currently displayed: its associated discussion page, the version history, and—most notably—the edit link (you must be logged in to actually edit.)
3. In the top right corner you'll find user links; as an anonymous user, you'll see a link to create an account or log in (they are the same page). As a logged-in user you have a collection of personal links, including ones to your user page and preferences.

Sidebar

The sidebar is displayed on the left edge of the page below the site logo (if using the default MonoBook skin). This sidebar gives you access to important pages in the wiki such as Recent changes or Upload file.

Navigation

Clicking on Home in the sidebar brings you back to the main page of the Encyclopedia. The links in the navigation section just below will take you to some of the important pages: A list of Categories, and Index of all articles so you can browse the articles and a link out of the Encyclopedia to the FAMVIN news site ( famvin.org )

Just below the Navigation is a list of links to articles in some frequently used Topics.

The Encyclopedia is being developed in several languages. Links to the Encyclopedia in other languages are found below the Topics list.

Below the Other Languages you will find a list of "Tools" which link to some interesting pages in the site, including Historic Events and a link to these Help pages.

Toolbox

The toolbox contains a selection of links which change depending on what type of page you are viewing.

On all pages (except special pages):

• What links here takes you to a special page that lists the pages on this wiki which contain a link to the current page. This is helpful when you are looking for pages of related information. The What links here information can also be useful when you are refactoring wiki pages and need to check whether links to this page are still relevant after changes in the current page.
• The Related changes tool lists all recent changes in the pages linked to from the current page. Recent changes to all relevant template pages are included in the resulting page list. The "Hide minor edits" option that can be set in the user preferences applies, among other things, to Related Changes.

On all pages (including special pages):

• Upload file displays a special page that allows logged-in users to upload images and other files to the wiki. Uploaded files can be linked from or embedded in wiki pages. Uploading files, viewing files on the server, including them in wiki pages and managing the uploaded files is discussed in the managing files section of this manual. This is not displayed if file uploading has been disabled or not enabled in the first place.
• The Special pages tool lists the MediaWiki special pages. In MediaWiki terminology, a special page is one that presents information about the Wiki and/or allows access to administration activities for the wiki. For example, a list of users registered with the wiki, statistics about the wiki such as the number of pages and number of page edits, system logs, a list of orphaned pages, and so on. These special pages are commonly generated when the special page is loaded rather than being stored in the wiki database.