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==== Create a New Article ==== | ==== Create a New Article ==== | ||
Before you add a new article to the wiki, '''search for the subject''' and then search again for the exact '''Title of the page''' you want to create. If an appropriate article exists, don't create a new one. Just add the information to that existing article. | Before you add a new article to the wiki, '''search for the subject''' and then search again for the exact '''Title of the page''' you want to create. If an appropriate article already exists, don't create a new one. Just add the information to that existing article. | ||
*For Example: Suppose you want to create a new article called '''Scotland Clan Tartans'''. | *For Example: Suppose you want to create a new article called '''Scotland Clan Tartans'''. | ||
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*Click in the '''Edit Window''' where you want the link located. | *Click in the '''Edit Window''' where you want the link located. | ||
*Type the following to create a new link - Two opening square brackets, then the name of the non-existent article, followed by two closing square brackets. For example <nowiki>[[Scotland Clan Tartans]]</nowiki> | *Type the following to create a new link - Two opening square brackets, then the name of the non-existent article, followed by two closing square brackets. For example <nowiki>[[Scotland Clan Tartans]]</nowiki> | ||
*Then add a note | *Then add a note at the bottom of the page to the Edit Summary field. | ||
*Click on the '''Save Page''' button. The article will show with a new link '''<span style="color: red;">Scotland Clan Tartans. </span>''' | *Click on the '''Save Page''' button. The article will show with a new link '''<span style="color: red;">Scotland Clan Tartans. </span>''' The link shows up as Red because the article doesn't yet exist. | ||
Now to create this new article, click on the '''red | Now to create this new article, click on the '''red link''' you just made. This will take you to an Editing page, at the top it shows '''You are on a page that has not yet been developed.''' You will develop this page by creating it. | ||
*Click in the '''Edit Window''' and type in the text for your new article and/or copy the text from somewhere else and paste into the Edit Window. | *Click in the '''Edit Window''' and type in the text for your new article and/or copy the text from somewhere else and paste into the Edit Window. | ||
*When you are finished, add a note to the '''Edit Summary''' | *When you are finished, add a note at the bottom of the page to the '''Edit Summary''' | ||
*Click on the '''Save Page''' button. | *Click on the '''Save Page''' button. | ||
Congratulations, your new article has been created and there is already a link from another article to it. You will want to make more links to this new article. | Congratulations, your new article has been created and there is already a link from another article to it. You will want to make more links to this new article. | ||
'''NOTE: Save the article fairly often''' while you are writing it. There isn't an autosave in the wiki. You could lose all of your work though an inadvertent click. | '''NOTE: Save the article fairly often''' while you are writing it. There isn't an autosave in the wiki. You could lose all of your work though an inadvertent click. | ||
==== Additional Information ==== | ==== Additional Information ==== | ||