To start a new page in the EoHT wiki, first search for the article, word, or term in the search box. Then, if it is not found, click the start this article link (found in the search) and follow the steps:

Tips
Note that when doing research, when on any webpage, hitting the keys control+F simultaneously, brings up the key word highlight search box, allowing for easy searching of terms on the webpage you are browsing.

Letter accents
At about the 900-article mark, it has become apparent that using non-English letter accents, such as in on part of the name, e.g. Erwin Schrödinger, or in both parts of the name, e.g. Leó Szilárd, is non-intuitive, for a number of reasons. Firstly, English speakers, generally, have no idea what these various language accents mean. Second, and most important, letter accents have a number of search engine and linking issues. A patron in putting the name "Leo Szilard", using the EoHT search this site box, will not be directed to the Leó Szilárd (current listing) article. Third, standard English computer keyboards do not have letter accent options, except via symbol insert. Fourth, it has been found that even after a name is linked to the accented article, that it will still have issues, and may sometimes give a nothing found result. Thus, on this logic, we advice not to use accents in naming and starting new articles in the EoHT or in any other Wetpaint site.

Steps

1. type in the page name or article title; be sure to use a cap for the first letter, to include accents, e.g. Schrödinger, and to use the most common name, i.e. the style it would be found in a paragraph, such as Willard Gibbs (common) vs. Josiah Willard Gibbs (less common); this latter detail is very important in that it will help the "suggest links" button find the key words after a new page is written. If a page is named wrong, then later when it is renamed, someone has to go through and fix all the dead links connected to it on other pages.
2. type in key words (separated by commas) to help search engines find the page.
3. use the “Blank page” template (the others are basically useless).
4. click the "Move page" button.
5. highlight the "New articles" section (or another section if appropriate).
6. move article up or down to desired slot (usually alphabetical) then click "Set page location".
7. click "Set page order" and then click "Add page".
8. make the page (use a format similar to the other EoHT pages).
9. to add complex formulas (e.g. sums, integrals, fractions, etc.) upload each formula as an image.
10. add inbound links (to other EoHT page) via clicking the "Suggest Links" button and then left-clicking over the highlighted words (note: typically only link the same word once on any given page, in order of appearance).
11. add article images. Note 1: please upload image to Picnik (or other editing software) and add a drop shadow (size 10), crop appropriately (for pictures, resize to 145px, before adding drop shadow). Note 2: add two-row, one-column table to page then add image in top row and a descriptive text (10-point) in bottom row.
12. use spell check, add widgets, etc.
13. save the page.
14. note: if you paste the page in (e.g. from Word), you will need to re-insert line breaks and re-save.

Editing goals:

See also: HT Wiki: Objectives

In terms of editing style, a central goal is to use an encyclopedia style of writing, which should attempt to include the following:

1. Please attempt to keep the majority of links internal to the EoHT, namely by writing new articles.
2. Try to write each page from scratch, with originality, i.e. don't simply make "mirror pages", via copy and paste from other websites.
3. Add free content, i.e. public domain, images to accentuate the learning experience of each article (a good free photo editing site is picnik).
4. Use references for each article (using a [#] following the sentence) referring to a footer reference. [2]
5. Use "Arial font" (12-pt) for paragraphs and "Impact font" (14-pt) for headers.

Reference style
1. Wiki Wiki (/wiːkiː wiːkiː/) is a reduplication of wiki, a Hawaiian word for "fast"; hence, wiki website is a fast-edit type of site.
2. Doe, John Q. (Year). Book Title or "Article Title", (pg #s if applicable). Location: Publisher or Journal, Issue, pgs. Month.

Notes
One: ● ← use this dot, to the left, i.e. copy and paste, for bulleted listings of "Further reading" and "See also" sections (the automatic bullet tool in the EasyEdit Toolbar seems to have issues with the HTML line space inserts when used).
Two: in most cases, manually insert #'s in the "Reference" section verses using the EasyEdit Toolbar number bullet tab (for the same reason as above).