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Here are some of the more common things you might find yourself wanting to do. | |||
For a complete list of how to edit a wiki, go here: [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents] | |||
== Creating a redirect == | == Creating a redirect == | ||
You may start a new page with the name you want to direct from (see Help:Starting a new page). You can also use an existing page that you are making inactive as a page by going to that page and using the "edit" tab at the top. In either case, you will be inserting the following code at the very first text position of the Edit window for the page: | You may start a new page with the name you want to direct from (see Help:Starting a new page). You can also use an existing page that you are making inactive as a page by going to that page and using the "edit" tab at the top. In either case, you will be inserting the following code at the very first text position of the Edit window for the page: | ||
<pre>#REDIRECT [[pagename]]</pre> | <pre>#REDIRECT [[pagename]]</pre> | ||
where pagename is the name of the destination page. The word "redirect" is not case-sensitive, but there must be no space before the "#" symbol. Any text before the code will disable the code and prevent a redirect. Any text or regular content code after the redirect code will be ignored (and should be deleted from an existing page). | where pagename is the name of the destination page. The word "redirect" is not case-sensitive, but there must be no space before the "#" symbol. Any text before the code will disable the code and prevent a redirect. Any text or regular content code after the redirect code will be ignored (and should be deleted from an existing page). | ||
== Creating a footnote == | |||
First, go to the spot you wish the reference to appear in the article. Put this in: | |||
<pre><nowiki><ref name="UNIQUE-IDENTIFYING-NAME">[http://www.URL-OF-SOURCE] BRIEF-DESCRIPTION-OF-CONTENT-FOUND-AT-SOURCE</ref></nowiki></pre> | |||
Then check to see if the following appears at the bottom of the page. If it does not, then add it. This allows the references in the article to have a place to display. | |||
<pre><nowiki>===Footnotes=== | |||
<references/></nowiki></pre> | |||
Latest revision as of 15:30, 3 May 2012
Here are some of the more common things you might find yourself wanting to do. For a complete list of how to edit a wiki, go here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
Creating a redirect
You may start a new page with the name you want to direct from (see Help:Starting a new page). You can also use an existing page that you are making inactive as a page by going to that page and using the "edit" tab at the top. In either case, you will be inserting the following code at the very first text position of the Edit window for the page:
#REDIRECT [[pagename]]
where pagename is the name of the destination page. The word "redirect" is not case-sensitive, but there must be no space before the "#" symbol. Any text before the code will disable the code and prevent a redirect. Any text or regular content code after the redirect code will be ignored (and should be deleted from an existing page).
Creating a footnote
First, go to the spot you wish the reference to appear in the article. Put this in:
<ref name="UNIQUE-IDENTIFYING-NAME">[http://www.URL-OF-SOURCE] BRIEF-DESCRIPTION-OF-CONTENT-FOUND-AT-SOURCE</ref>
Then check to see if the following appears at the bottom of the page. If it does not, then add it. This allows the references in the article to have a place to display.
===Footnotes=== <references/>