From EnviroWiki
Contents |
Searching
- Enter the name of the page or category you are looking for into the Search box (as you would with a search engine). Press enter or click 'Go'. A list of articles and categories that match your search should appear. Click on the one that best matches what you are looking for.
- If the page you were looking for is not listed, the first thing to do is to search again, using wider, or different criteria.
- If the page you are after still does not appear, the chances are that it has not yet been written. If you wish, you can then create the page. To do this, click on the "create this page" link. See EnviroWiki - getting started editing for help on how to create and edit a new page.
For example:
If you are looking for the recycling points in your local area (Bradford, BD3) type into the search box "BD3 recycling points". A list of articles that match this search should appear.
If you wanted to find out information on a wider scale, (e.g. the environmental activity taking place in your country, West Yorkshire) type "West Yorkshire" into the search box. The search should then provide you with a list of articles relating to West Yorkshire.
Searching is a good way to locate information if you know the name of the page you are searching for.
Browsing
- Click on 'Contents' on the Main page. This will take you to a list of categories.
- Click on the category that most suits the information that are looking for. Keep clicking on the subcategories, until you get to a list of articles.
- If you cannot find what you are looking for, and wish to create the page yourself, enter in the name of the page you wish to write into the Search box. You will then find out if it exists.
- If it doesn't, click on "create this page". See Help:Editing for more help on how to create a new page.
For example:
To use the same example as above, if you are looking for the recycling points in your local area (Bradford, BD3) you would have to browse through the following categories:
First, you need to click on the "Contents" button, on the sidebar. Then click on "Local issues". You then need to click on the following: UK local issues by geographical area / Yorkshire and Humber / West Yorkshire / West Yorkshire postal areas / BD3. At this point, the article "BD3 recycling points" should be listed.
You can browse all the environmental activity in the county by browsing the "West Yorkshire" category.
Browsing is a good way to locate information within a more general subject (particularly if you are unaware of its exact name), or to get a general view of what is on the EnviroWiki.
