https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AOSGeo_member_page_instructionTalk:OSGeo member page instruction - Revision history2026-04-19T14:15:03ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.9https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:OSGeo_member_page_instruction&diff=100325&oldid=prevAanderson: Created page with "I’m confused by the third line in this set of instructions: <pre> Then go to your MediaWiki user page (by clicking on your Name First Last as it appears in the upper right..."2016-07-10T15:34:32Z<p>Created page with "I’m confused by the third line in this set of instructions: <pre> Then go to your MediaWiki user page (by clicking on your Name First Last as it appears in the upper right..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>I’m confused by the third line in this set of instructions:<br />
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Then go to your MediaWiki user page (by clicking on your Name First Last as it appears in the upper right menu of the Wiki) <br />
and edit it. The URL of this page looks something like "http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:First Last".<br />
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Select the "edit" link and add a MediaWiki redirect link to this page. <br />
This will forward the user to the page you just created under your full name.<br />
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If your user page is at [[User:FLast]], then add this line: "http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/First_Last"<br />
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Don't forget to save your new page.<br />
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Is that third line an attempt to explain a redirect? Or is it simply to an alternative to the first line if the User: is formatted differently?<br />
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If the former, it’s not clear and I don’t think it works; I’ve added the text <nowiki>i.e. a single line “#REDIRECT [[First Last]]”</nowiki> to the second line since that follows the help instructions and works for me.<br />
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If the latter, I’d rewrite this as:<br />
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<pre><br />
Then go to your MediaWiki user page (by clicking on your Name First Last as it appears in the upper right menu of the Wiki) <br />
and edit it. The URL of this page looks something like "http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:First Last", <br />
or possibly “http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:FLast”.<br />
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Select the "edit" link and add a MediaWiki redirect link to this page, i.e. a single line “<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[First Last]]</nowiki>”. <br />
This will forward the user to the page you just created under your full name.<br />
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Don't forget to save your redirected page.<br />
</pre></div>Aanderson