Help:Starting a new page
From UgandaWiki: The Uganda Online Encyclopedia
Anyone can create or edit an article at UgandaWiki. To create a new article, just click on "new article" on the menu right-hand side, give your article a relevant title and create it! You should probably create a link to the article in a related page. New pages can also be started by following a link to a non-existent page, which likewise launches the edit page. Other entries can be made by clicking the relevant link on the menu.
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[edit] General principles
- Search to see whether someone has written a similar page before you start one yourself. Choose the title carefully.
- whether a separate page is justified; perhaps it is better to add the text to a related page (especially if the text is not very long); that page can always be split later, after it has grown.
- how-to guidance for writing regarding style, content and formatting. As we use the same principles as Wikipedia, you may want to consult the encyclopedia's "How to write a great article".
- While creating the page and before saving it, check the What links here link on the creation page. Align the new content with existing links, or change the new title, or fix the other links.
- If nothing points here, the page is isolated. Links to it will need to be added on other pages.
[edit] Starting a page from a link, or after a search
To start a new page, you can click a link to the new page. This takes you to edit mode of the non-existing blank page, which allows creation.
Another way to start a new page on UgandaWiki is to perform a search for the new title with the Go button. When the search finds nothing, press "create the article".
Links to non-existing pages are common. They are typically created in preparation for creating the page, and/or to encourage other people to do so.
Links are not only convenient for navigation, but also make people aware of the new page (those who read a related page). New page links are not really broken, as long as the name correctly identifies the intended content.
New page links typically look different from links to existing pages. Links to non-existent pages are created with [[New page name]] from the wiki editor. (In this case, the empty page "New page name" would be created).
[edit] Starting a page through the URL
Using the browser address bar to enter a URL to a new page is an easy way to start the new page process. Easier still is editing the pagename part of a URL for an existing page. Using the URL for the new page displays the default 'no article' message. The default page has the usual Edit this page link, which can be used to begin adding content.
