EditingTeamPages

Purpose

This page provides guidance to people editing the neighborhood team pages, which are listed on the Teams page.

Accounts

Who can have an account?

Team Leaders, and optionally a team member they designate.

How do I get an account?

Send an email to net@portlandoregon.gov.

Moderation

Your initial changes will be reviewed by a moderator. That means pending edits will be invisible.

As you get the hang of it, future edits will take place immediately.

Getting Started

Wiki (not WordPress)

This is a wiki, which is a collaboratively edited website. Each edit to a page is recorded as a separate change, resulting in a history of what the page looked like in the past and which user made which changes to it. Wikipedia is the most famous example of a wiki, but there are important differences here, explained below.

Wikis are unfortunately not as pretty as WordPress. The emphasis is more on content than style.

Your First Edit

1. Log in with your account.
2. Click Edit on your team page.
3. Update the schools listed for your neighborhood:

   1. 

      Double-click the yellow "Neighborhood" box on the right side of the page.

   2. 

      Check the "Schools" checkbox on the left side of the dialog.

   3. 

      Find the "Schools" content section in the center of the dialog. Add schools you know of, one per line, with an asterisk ("*") at the beginning of the line.

   4. 

      Click the Apply Changes button in the top right corner.

4. Click the Save page... button.
5. Provide a summary of your changes or rationale. For example, "Update school list".

To make a good team page

✅ Add/update neighborhood populations
✅ Add/update fire stations
✅ Add/update schools
✅ Add/update BEECN sites
✅ Ops Plan: All Ops Plan links are hosted on portland.gov. Check link, and use the "plan_name" parameter to the {{Team}} template if it doesn't match.
✅ Send updated Ops Plan to PBEM ( net@portlandoregon.gov).

Editing

Editors

There are two editors available:

• The visual (WYSIWYG) editor, entered via the Edit and Create buttons.
• The wikitext (markup) editor, entered via the Edit source and Create source buttons.

The visual editor is most useful for new users, but even users comfortable with markup will find its guidance useful for e.g. providing template parameters. You can choose either, and even switch between them in the same editing session.

Every Page Should Contain

There are a number of templates useful for NET Team pages.

Every team page should use these templates. They provide a consistent look and feel, and group team pages into categories:

• Template:TeamPageBanner
• Template:Team
• Template:Neighborhood

Other Useful Templates

Other templates do things like make links pretty. Please use them for more appealing team pages:

• Template:EmailLink
• Template:GoogleDocLink
• Template:FacebookLink
• Template:GroupsLink
• Template:InstagramLink
• Template:SignalLink

Here is how they are useful:

	Unformatted text	Displays as
	net@portlandoregon.gov	net@portlandoregon.gov
	[mailto:net@portlandoregon.gov net@portlandoregon.gov]	net@portlandoregon.gov
template:	{{EmailLink|net@portlandoregon.gov}}	Email
	[https://www.facebook.com/groups/portlandprepares PortlandPrepares]	PortlandPrepares
template:	{{FacebookLink|groups/portlandprepares|name=PortlandPrepares}}	PortlandPrepares

What is missing?

The current wishlist:

• Add an extension to embed team calendars.
• Add an extension for GIS integration, which would allow us to easily embed live maps.

Useful resources

• Neighborhood Demographic Profiles
• BEECNs and Fire Stations map
• Portland Neighborhood Boundaries map
• Portland City Council Districts map

How to get help

• Start at https://mediawiki.org. Keep in mind that advanced MediaWiki features may require extensions that are not installed here.
• To reach the administration team of this site, send an email to net@portlandoregon.gov.

Policies

What role do city employees have here?

They are the content moderators for the entire site to ensure that it meets the standards required as a City of Portland website.

What pages can I edit?

Volunteer Subject Matter Experts may edit the pages within their areas of expertise.

In addition, "It is not required that a volunteer be a [Subject Matter Expert] in order to write Wiki content; however, depending on the content, a SME may be responsible for reviewing and approving it.

Allowed content

All contributions must adhere to the PBEM Volunteer Code of Conduct. Especially relevant is "I will treat fellow volunteers, Team Leaders, City employees, and individuals I serve with dignity, respect, and courtesy. I will take steps to quell profane, abusive, demeaning, belittling, or harassing interactions or communications with others." Since it is included in the previous document, contributions must also follow the City of Portland's Code of Ethics.

Team page content must also be relevant (i.e. within the scope of the team). For example, a team page is not an appropriate forum for evangelizing adoption of a new solar-powered gurney with built-in Internet hotspot via satellite. While very cool, it is not within the scope of any individual team.

Copyright

Copyright law can be nuanced, but as a general rule, please do not add text which you didn't write or files you didn't create.

Your contributions to this wiki are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.

Team Pages

What goes on a team page?

Your team page could be the single link your team hands out at block parties or when new neighbors move in.

Please consider it a "landing page" that describes aspects of emergency preparedness that are unique to your neighborhood. For example,

• For potential volunteers:
  • provide ways to engage with the local team (e.g. team point of contact, public discussion forums)
  • describe unique considerations (e.g. "we work closely with this school," "we meet at this location", "90% of Oregon's fuel supply passes through our neighborhood")
  • team accomplishments (e.g. "we've deployed at warming shelters", "we provided first aid at this parade")
• For existing team members:
  • recognize team positions (e.g. Team Leader, Amateur Radio Operators)
  • contain important links (e.g. to a shared team folder, or to the Operations Plan)

Some content belongs elsewhere:

• News: this content often goes stale, and is better shared in team discussion forums.
• Orientation to the NET program: this is best centralized at PBEM, rather than re-written by individual teams.
• Tips for personal preparedness: this is best centralized at PublicAlerts.org, rather than re-written by individual teams.

Can I upload photos or team documents?

For most files, please upload them separately and link to them from your team pages.

Where to host different types of files:

file type	where to host it
small inline images (e.g. team members in action)	team page
small neighborhood map	team page
Photo albums (e.g. team exercises)	send an email to net@portlandoregon.gov for an upload link
Operations plans	NET Team Operations Plans (email to net@portlandoregon.gov)
Meeting minutes	3rd-party file hosting (e.g. Google Drive)
Internal team documents (e.g. spreadsheets, planning documents)	3rd-party file hosting (e.g. Google Drive)
Outreach materials	3rd-party file hosting (e.g. Google Drive)

Can other NET members edit my team's page?

Yes, and these contributions should be welcomed.

1. Watch your team's page so you receive notifications when it's changed.
2. If someone else's change needs improvement, improve it.
3. If there is a disagreement that can't be resolved, send an email to net@portlandoregon.gov for help.