Wiki Usage and Editing
This "wiki" is based on the same open-source code used to make the famous Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia work. The concept is simply to make information findable and update-able in a rather plain wrapper with no coding experience required (though some "wiki markup text" items may help enliven your entries). It invites regular folks to use the tool with little in the way training or experience required.
Getting started
When looking for information that may already have been provided, search for it by entering what you think might appear in the name of the page as. No guarantees of course. You will notice that, as you type, suggested pages that do exist will be presented.
If you click the "Search full text" button, the entire wiki will be searched for the words you enter in the content of the pages and a page will be presented displaying the pages and excerpts of what it found.
If no page is found, then you will be asked, on that results page, to create the page, using the text you enter as the title of the page. Try it out.
If you know you are adding something new, type the name of a page you would like to create in the box below! You will be taken directly to a new page creation page.
What you will get first is a notice that the page does not exist. That's exactly what you should expect. On that page is another link to create the page. Use the "Edit" button for a fully WYSIWYG editor, and "Edit source" is a standard sort of "text editing" where you can insert those special "wiki markup" things to enhance your page. And it includes formatting buttons along the top of the editing window. And a live preview option so you can see your changes as you make them.
Goal
What are we saving here? WHATEVER YOU WANT! Want to share a list of links to vendors and products you've used with others? Type them in! Share the URL and the love. Document how you built a project? Upload photos and easily embed them in your page without separate hosting or waiting for someone else to help you. Where and how that LED resistor load calculator worked. A copy of an old manual in PDF format so it's easy for EVERYONE to find. The possibilities are immense!!
Security
Ostensibly, you should be a member in good standing with the Rose City Garden Railway Society to create and edit pages. But everyone can LOOK all they want. That is sort of the point of a wiki, to share information! You can apply for an account following the link in the upper right labeled "Request an Account"!!