Template:Wiki News/doc

Description
 is the place where the latest Admin Tools Wiki (ATW) news is placed. In turn, it feeds both MediaWiki:Sitenotice (for the Monobook skin) and MediaWiki:Community-corner/message (for the Oasis skin).

Usage
Except in emergencies, only members of the Active Bureaucrats Group and/or the Active Administrators Group can unilaterally input/archive community messages. Anyone else seeking to input/archive community messages must first post their proposed message at Template talk:Wiki News using edit protected. Once approved, if the requestor is a Testing Administrator, s/he may update the community messages him/herself.

 Procedure :


 * 1) Enter updates in . Be sure to datestamp each entry with five tildes like this    
 * 2) Proofread, save, and proofread again. Once you go live with the news updates, you do not want to be correcting your copy.
 * 3) Go to MediaWiki:Sitenotice id and add +1 to the counter contained therein. Save your changes. This will make the notice go live in the Monobook skin via MediaWiki:Sitenotice.
 * 4) Go to MediaWiki:Communitymessages-notice-msg and write a very short teaser, with ellipsis, to entice visitors to go to the Community Corner to read new messages. Save your changes.
 * 5) Go to MediaWiki:Community-corner and add +1 to the counter contained therein. Save your changes. This will make the notice go live in the Oasis skin via MediaWiki:Community-corner/message.
 * 6) You’re done!