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*If you want to edit the entire page, click on the '''Edit This Page''' button as shown below. It can be found at the top right of the page. | *If you want to edit the entire page, click on the '''Edit This Page''' button as shown below. It can be found at the top right of the page. | ||
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==== Create a New Article ==== | ==== Create a New Article ==== | ||
Before you add a new article to the wiki, '''search first 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. This prevents duplication and confusion. | Before you add a new article to the wiki, '''search first 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. This prevents duplication and confusion. | ||
*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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*For example go to the '''Scotland''' article where you might want to create a link to '''Scotland Clan Tartans'''. | *For example go to the '''Scotland''' article where you might want to create a link to '''Scotland Clan Tartans'''. | ||
*Make sure you have logged into the Family Search Wiki. | *Make sure you have logged into the Family Search Wiki. | ||
*Click on the '''Edit This Page''' button at the right top of the page. If the '''Edit This Page '''does not appear on your page or does not open for you, try another browser. | *Click on the '''Edit This Page''' button at the right top of the page. If the '''Edit This Page '''does not appear on your page or does not open for you, try another browser. | ||
*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 article you want to create, 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 article you want to create, followed by two closing square brackets. For example <nowiki>[[Scotland Clan Tartans]]</nowiki> | ||
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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. An article with few links might be listed to be deleted. | 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. An article with few links might be listed to be deleted. | ||
'''NOTE: Save | '''NOTE: Use the "Save" function often''' as you are writing the article. There is no autosave in the wiki. You may lose all of your work though an inadvertent click. | ||
==== Additional Information ==== | ==== Additional Information ==== | ||
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*For more in-depth information about creating and editing articles on the wiki, visit these articles: | *For more in-depth information about creating and editing articles on the wiki, visit these articles: | ||
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:*[[Help:Editing a Page|Editing a Page]] | :*[[Help:Editing a Page|Editing a Page]] | ||