Mental Health Law Online:About

If you are having difficulty with the site, type a message into the "feedback requested" box (left of screen) and include your email address.

If you just want to make minor changes, just read the first sentence below.

Editing

Most pages can be edited. To edit a page click on "edit this page" (at the top of the screen), make your changes, then click "save".

Each article page has an associated discussion page (see the links at the top left). If you have comments or suggestions for a article, but don't want to go so far as to edit the article, then click on "discussion" and edit that instead. E.g. see the Legislation page and its Talk:Legislation page. On the discussion page, add your name by typing ~~~~

Legislation with a yellow background cannot be edited. This is to ensure reliability.

Adding links

To make a link to an internet site, just type the address including the initial 'http://': type http://www.bailii.org to display http://www.bailii.org.

To make a link to a page on this site, use double square brackets around its name: type [[MHA 1983]] into the page to display MHA 1983.

Creating pages / red links

Add a link to the page you intend to create (see previous sentence) and click "save" - the link will be red.

A red link signifies a page which does not exist yet. Click on it to write the page.

Formatting

Surround text with two ' marks to make it italic: type ''word'' to display word.

Sourround text with three ' marks to make it bold: type '''word''' to display word.

Begin a line with a colon to indent it.

Surround a line with two = marks to make a main heading: e.g. == Formatting ==

Surround a line with three = marks to make a sub-heading.

Further information

Wikipedia - Editing "cheatsheet"