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How do I create a new Wiki page?
- To create a new page from the page you are currently on, click on the edit tab, and an edit window will open.
- Click on the 'Ab' button along the row of buttons at the top of the window. Now type the subject of the page you want to create; it will appear in double square brackets like this:
- [[Subject]]
- Save the page. You'll see a new link to the page.
- If the page already exists, the link will be blue, if it's a new page, the link will be red.
- Follow this new link to your new page, and start editing!
- For a quick primer on formatting try Media Wiki's Formatting page.
- A good place to start is Wikipedia's FAQ on Editing.
- To learn much more, go to Wikipedia's How to edit a page.
How can I make Headings and Subheadings?
For a top-level heading, put it on a separate line surrounded by '=='. For example:
== Introduction ==
Subheadings use '===', '====', and so on.
How can I associate a category with my new page?
Instead of creating a new page with the 'Ab' button, just type the following, where 'Subject' is the name of your new page:
[[:Category:Subject]]
My subject wouldn't make a good category.
Create your new link, go to your new page, edit the page and place a category tag at the bottom of your new page. Use this format:
[[Category:Category name]]
Any number of Category tags may be added to the page -- the page will be listed in all of them.
How to Insert Links
Media Wiki's Formatting Chart.
Templates
Adding References
The <ref> tag inserts the text enclosed by the ref tags as a footnote in a designated section, which you indicate with the placeholder tag <references />.
If you forget to include <references /> at the end of the article, none of the footnotes will appear.
Example
According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref>
The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref>R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>
==References==
<references/>
