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==Article creation guidelines== | ==Article creation guidelines== | ||
#You must be a registered user to create a new article. Instructions for creating an account can be found on [[Help:Getting Started with | #You must be a registered user to create a new article. Instructions for creating an account can be found on [[Help:Getting Started with USApedia|Getting Started with USApedia]]. | ||
#Search | #Search USApedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject, perhaps under a different title. If the article already exists, feel free to make any constructive edits you feel are necessary. | ||
#Before creating an article, try [[Help:Editing | #Before creating an article, try [[Help:Editing USApedia|editing]] an existing article to get a feel for writing and for using wiki text. Use the [[Visual editor]] to edit wiki pages just like you would edit a word processing document. If you prefer to use the older [[Enhanced editor]], a [[Cheatsheet|cheat sheet]] has been provided to show different types of wiki text used when creating a Wiki article. An [[Editing Toolbar]] is also provided that makes the insertion of Wiki markup easier. | ||
#Consider requesting feedback. | #Consider requesting feedback. | ||
'''Note:''' It is always preferable to edit an existing article rather than to create a new one. It is important to search on relevant keywords to make sure your article does not already exist in | '''Note:''' It is always preferable to edit an existing article rather than to create a new one. It is important to search on relevant keywords to make sure your article does not already exist in USApedia, perhaps under a different name. | ||
==Article creation methods== | ==Article creation methods== | ||
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===Method 3=== | ===Method 3=== | ||
#[[Help:Editing | #[[Help:Editing USApedia|Edit]] an existing article by clicking the '''Edit''' tab at the top of the page. | ||
#Type the title of your new page in a relevant location on the existing page. | #Type the title of your new page in a relevant location on the existing page. | ||
#Make the title of your new page a link. | #Make the title of your new page a link. | ||
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===Method 4=== | ===Method 4=== | ||
#Type a | #Type a USApedia URL with the article's file name at the end. For Example, "https://saintapedia.org/wiki/Article_name". | ||
#* '''Note:''' URLs cannot contain spaces so make sure to use an underscore between words to represent a space. | #* '''Note:''' URLs cannot contain spaces so make sure to use an underscore between words to represent a space. | ||
#* '''Note:''' [[ | #* '''Note:''' [[USApedia naming conventions]] require the first word of a title to be capitalized, and the rest of the words in the title to be in lower case. The exceptions are proper nouns, for example, "IBM". | ||
#If the page does not exist, | #If the page does not exist, USApedia will direct you to a page with the message, "''There is currently no text in this page. You can search for this page title in other pages, search the related logs, or edit this page''." The text, "edit this page" will be hyperlinked. | ||
#Click the hyperlinked text to edit the article OR click on the '''Create''' tab at the top of the page instead of clicking the "edit this page" link. | #Click the hyperlinked text to edit the article OR click on the '''Create''' tab at the top of the page instead of clicking the "edit this page" link. | ||
#Create your article's content and click the '''Save page''' button to save the article. | #Create your article's content and click the '''Save page''' button to save the article. | ||