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*'''Create from a Link''' - Start the creation of a new page by putting a link to the new page from an appropriate location. You create a new page link by inserting your page name with double brackets around the new page title (for example <nowiki>[[new page]]</nowiki> would create a link to a page titled 'new page'). After your save the edit, your new link appears in red indicating that the page does not yet exist. Follow the link, and select the 'create this page' option. | *'''Create from a Link''' - Start the creation of a new page by putting a link to the new page from an appropriate location. You create a new page link by inserting your page name with double brackets around the new page title (for example <nowiki>[[new page]]</nowiki> would create a link to a page titled 'new page'). After your save the edit, your new link appears in red indicating that the page does not yet exist. Follow the link, and select the 'create this page' option. | ||
*'''Use categories''' - If well [[categories|categorized]] your page it is more likely to be found by a browsing user. Particularly consider the relationship of your page, to [[ecosystems]] and [[topics]] | *'''Use categories''' - If well [[categories|categorized]] your page it is more likely to be found by a browsing user. Particularly consider the relationship of your page, to [[ecosystems]] and [[topics]] | ||
*'''Identify your Workgroup''' - Create | *'''Identify your Workgroup''' - Create a [[workgroup]] page to describe your team and link to any efforts, sites, documents, or topics that you are working on. You might learn how to use [[multiple columns and invoking lists of pages]] or [[The Credit Box]] to develop a workgroup presence. | ||
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Revision as of 03:20, 13 October 2018
- Moderator team
- Video tutorials
- Create a New Page
- File:Ecosystemmodel.png
- Redirect
- File:Redirect.png
- File:Introduction.png
- Template codes
- Categories
- Discussion and Watching
- Sites and Places
- File:Anatomy1.PNG
- File:Anatomy2.PNG
- File:Anatomy3.PNG
- File:Anatomy4.PNG
- Template:Introduction
- Instructions
- Talk:Instructions
- Searching and Browsing
- Markup tutorial
- User Groups and Permissions
- Create a New User Account
- Linking
- Category:Raw
- The Credit Box
- File:Credit code.png
- Building a wiki presence
- File:Example diagram.png
- Stable links
- Core topic
- Cite
- Multiple columns and invoking lists of pages
- The Big Picture
- Page Types
- Iconography
- Wiki Workshops
- Platform Governance
- Social contract
- New Editor Open House Agenda
- Integrating SER Standards into Wiki Structures
- Categorization Questions
- Platform Style Guide
To create a useful wiki pages requires some understanding of wiki-markup codes and the conventions used in this wiki. More extensive information can be found on the MediaWiki help pages.
Editing an existing page
Creating a new page
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Wiki Writing PracticesThe purpose of writing text into a shared wiki is different than writing for personal expression. The following guidelines may help your ideas survive editing, and give future editors good material to work with. In general wiki writing works best if you use the journalistic practice of writing short paragraphs with complete ideas that are heavy with citations and links. If you write a whole paragraph without a citation, perhaps you need to publish some of your own materials.
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