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EoHT wiki: How to start a new page?
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:
Steps
Editing goals:
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).
Steps
- 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.
- type in key words (separated by commas) to help search engines find the page.
- use the “Blank page” template (the others are basically useless).
- click the "Move page" button.
- highlight the "New articles" section (or another section if appropriate).
- move article up or down to desired slot (usually alphabetical) then click "Set page location".
- click "Set page order" and then click "Add page".
- make the page (use a format similar to the other EoHT pages).
- to add complex formulas (e.g. sums, integrals, fractions, etc.) upload each formula as an image.
- 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).
- add article images. Note 1: please upload image to Picnik (or other editing software) and add a drop shadow (size 10), crop appropriately, and also add a caption (Palatino Linotype) for certain pictures.
- use spell check, add widgets, etc. Note 2: pictures need to be uploaded to the Photo Gallery section of the wiki and then the article page needs to be reloaded before the picture can be inserted.
- save the page.
- 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: ObjectivesIn terms of editing style, a central goal is to use an encyclopedia style of writing, which should attempt to include the following:
- Please attempt to keep the majority of links internal to the EoHT, namely by writing new articles.
- Try to write each page from scratch, with originality, i.e. don't simply make "mirror pages", via copy and paste from other websites.
- Add free content, i.e. public domain, images to accentuate the learning experience of each article (a good free photo editing site is picnik).
- Use references for each article (using a [#] following the sentence) referring to a footer reference. [2]
- 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).
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