Help:Testing
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This is a copy of the master help page at Meta. Do not edit this copy.
Edits will be lost in the next update from the master page. See below for more information.
Template:Phh:Testing Before commiting to a change, one should test it first.
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Changes to a page
There is a preview button near the submit button. One should check to make sure that the links are correct and the spelling is correct
Spelling
linuxquestions.org appears to have a spelling checker in their modified version of MediaWiki. Also, one can use Konqueror or Firefox with a spelling check extension to check spelling within the browser window.
Testing features of existing software on one of the regular projects
This applies anyway for tests that depend on settings which are different per project, such as:
- interlanguage links (software feature)
- case-sensitivity of the first character
- character encoding
- enabling of embedding images in other projects and images outside Wikimedia
- MediaWiki:Monobook.css, etc.
- tests depending on other content, such as templates, images
- tests depending on project-specific variables such as namespace prefixes
It can be done:
- in special pages such as Wikipedia:Sandbox
- on user pages and subpages
- using Preview - this can not be used to test how a change in a page affects another page, such as when changing a template; to test automatic conversion of wikitext, the new wikitext can be seen pressing Show changes. Automatic conversion of special characters to their decimal numeric codes is seen in the edit box.
A test involving variable {{PAGENAME}}, e.g. a link to an image or another page with a name containing {{PAGENAME}}, can be done on the Talk page, since the value of the variable is the same on that page.
Sysops testing the available links and how things work for ordinary logged-in users can log in under another name, or in a project for which they are not a sysop.
Test wiki
An advantage is that is does not interfere with, or clutter, the regular projects. The project may be reset, or history may otherwise be lost, so one has to save elsewhere what one wants to keep.
See also
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Wikipedia-specific help
Template:Ph:Testing
This page is a copy of the master help page at Meta (for general help information all Wikimedia projects can use), with two Wikipedia-specific templates inserted. To update the main text, edit the master help page for all projects at m:Help:Testing. For Wikipedia-specific issues, use Template:Ph:Testing (the extra text at the bottom of this page) or Template:Phh:Testing for a Wikipedia-specific lead (text appears at the top of this page). You are welcome to copy the exact wikitext from the master page at Meta and paste it into this page at any time. To view this page in other languages see the master page at Meta.
