Making a new page

Latest revision as of 20:35, 5 March 2010

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[edit] How You Can Contribute

You don't need to be logged in to browse around and follow links. However, you need to log in using your OCAU Forums account before you can add or edit pages. Once you're logged in, the easiest way to start a new page is to type the title into the Search box (at left) and then, assuming no page with that name was found, click the "create this page" link.

Here's a Help:Contents page to get you started. More information on what needs to be done in the wiki can be found on this page. Have a look around and, if you feel like it, contribute some info!

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-{{Wikify|February 2007}}
+Back to [[OCAU]]
-The standard new page making is disabled in this wiki, though you're not disallowed to add a new page. You need to use a workaround. If you want to make a new page, think about this:
+== How You Can Contribute ==
-*Is the content really funny or useful? For example, there should not be a page named "Blah".
-*Is the content already present on another article? Then, your new article won't be needed, as the info can already be found. Unless it's hard to find or too extendable, of course.
-*Can the content be presented in a form that does not anger, insult, or offend other readers?
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+You don't need to be logged in to browse around and follow links.  However, you need to [[Special:Userlogin|log in]] using your OCAU Forums account before you can add or edit pages.  Once you're logged in, the easiest way to start a new page is to type the title into the Search box (at left) and then, assuming no page with that name was found, click the "create this page" link.
-You can start an article using this input box where the intput box will be the name of the article page.
-<inputbox>
+Here's a [[Help:Contents]] page to get you started.  More information on what needs to be done in the wiki can be found on [[Wiki Maintenance|this page]].  Have a look around and, if you feel like it, contribute some info!
-type=comment
-buttonlabel=Create
-</inputbox>
-After you get onto that page, you should have the title where "New Article" would have been on the page previously. After that, input your content. Okay, if you want to add this to a category, like Category:Tutorials, simply put:
-<pre>
-[[Category:Tutorials]]
-</pre>
-at the bottom of the page. Hit save to save it, or preview to see what it looks like so far. You will have to save after you preview, though. From then on, the page will show up in the [http://www.hak5.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Tutorials Tutorials] section.
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-For markup, tags and stuff, check the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing
-That's all. You'll now have an empty box wherein you can put stuff. Good luck.
-If you run into a roadblock, you may find it useful to leave a message on another user's Talk page asking them for help.
-[[Category:Tutorials]]