• Go straight to the Help pages.
• Go straight to the Guideline pages.

It's easy to help

If you have a small change head on over to the Field Guide / Wiki Support Forum. There you can post and an editor will hopefully be able to include your changes to the wiki.

Things you might submit in the Support Forum:

• A typo or small correction
• A photo that you see missing, or that you think we could use
• A description of a hike or destination that we don't currently have in the wiki. An editor can create a page based on the description you submit.
• A description of a hike or destination and pictures. Check out existing wiki pages for ideas. The more information you can provide the better.

Becoming an editor

The Portland Hikers Wiki is a work of many people and it's a labor of love. It has become a great resource for hikers throughout the region. It would not be possible without a lot of help from a lot of people, so we're always looking for more people to help out as editors. There are many hikes yet to be covered and many more can be improved with more information. A higher quantity of information will only enhance the site.

On the other hand, if quantity is one leg of success, quality and organization are the other two. The information needs to be accurate and presented to standard ways to best communicate to the wiki readers. To that end, we've done everything we can to ensure a standardized system. We've developed a schema and templates that must be followed for all pages. The Portland Hikers Wiki welcomes your help, but we require that you get to know how things work before you contribute. This means checking out the wiki, learning the basics of MediaWiki and also learning the schema and guidelines that are specific to this wiki.

For general guidance in editing a wiki, the Wikipedia help pages, or the Wikipedia Tutorial are great places to start. Look at those and then practice editing at the Sandbox.

For articles specifically geared toward Portland Hikers, take a close look at the Help and Guideline pages. These are required reading for anyone who wants to help out with the wiki.

Sign up to be an editor!

Once you feel you are ready, you may apply here.

Creating new pages

• Adding a hike
• Page Templates
  • Hike Template
  • Destination Template
  • Trailhead Template
  • Trail Log Template

Areas of Portland Hikers Wiki needing attention

• Work on Stub pages
• Work on the wanted pages
• Add to short pages
• Pages marked Category:Under Development
• Pages marked Category:Needs pics