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[[Category:Adding Content To The Romance Wiki]] [[Category:Editing Pages]] [[Category:Help]]
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While working with wiki software is fairly simple, a few tricks will get you started. We've also created a few templates that can be copied and pasted into standard pages -- by filling in key information, you are well on your way to creating an author or book listing.
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== Templates ==
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These templates were created to help get you started. The templates are just guidelines -- include as much information as you can to help us build the wiki. To copy and paste a template, click on the edit link at the top of the page to open it. Copy and paste the code in the edit box into the page you are trying to create.
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<h2 style="margin:.5em; margin-top:.1em; margin-bottom:.1em; border-bottom:0; font-weight:bold;">Help Contents</h2>
 
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* [[Book Template]] - Use this template to create an entry for a book.
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* [[Author Template]] - The author template creates basic information about an author. You will likely want to expand beyond the template categories.
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<big>'''[[Getting Started]]'''</big><br />
== Basic Editing Tips ==
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[[:Category:Romance Terms|Romance Terms]] <tt>|</tt> [[:Category:Publishing Terms|Publishing Terms]]
=== Creating A Page ===
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* Start from the RomanceWiki home page and pick a category such as [[Books]] or [[Authors]] or any other category that seems appropriate.
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** For large topic areas such as [[Books]], you may need to drill down to the correct section (such as a letter of the alphabet.
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<big>'''Contributing'''</big><br />
* Click on the edit link and insert your page name in the list. For most new pages, the coding will be similar to the code in the box below.
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[[Who Can Contribute?]] <tt>|</tt> [[Help:Style Manual|Style Manual]]
** The asterisk creates a new list item. The brackets create an internal link to your new page.
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<pre>* [[Book Title]]</pre>
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* Click on the "Save page" button below the editing box.
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* You will return to your starting point. Click on the new page you just created and begin editing.
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<big>'''Browsing '''</big><br />
 
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[[Books]] <tt>|</tt> [[Authors]] <tt>|</tt> [[Publishers]] <tt>|</tt> [[RomanceWiki:Category Index|Categories]]
=== Formatting ===
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Clicking on the buttons above the editing box creates most of the code you'll see in the template. Commonly used buttons in the "Ab" button -- this links to another page in the wiki (or creates a new page if it doesn't already exist) -- and the "globe" link, which creates an external link. The large "A" creates a new section header. Adding additional "=" to the section header creates subsections (like the Creating a Page and Formatting sections in this article).
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<big>'''[[Help:Editing|Editing RomanceWiki]]'''</big><br />
== Other Resources ==
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[[Help:Book Template|Book Pages]] <tt>|</tt> [[Help:Author Template|Author Pages]]<tt>|</tt> [[Help:Moving, Deleting, Merging Pages‎|Moving, Deleting, Merging Pages]] <tt>|</tt> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#Editing_Wikipedia_-_The_Basics Wikipedia Basic Editing]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#Editing_Wikipedia_-_The_Basics Editing Wikipedia - The Basics] - '''RomanceWiki''' runs on the same software as the [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]. Their help page is very well-organized and useful.
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* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_editors WikiMedia.org Help] - Also very useful.
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Manual MediaWiki Help Manual] - Help information from the software creators (not as robust as the Wikipedia help).
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<big>'''Searching'''</big><br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Searching Searching]
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<big>'''Keeping track of changes'''</big><br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_history Page history] <tt>|</tt> See [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]
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<big>'''Lists And Resources'''</big><br />
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[[Romance History]] <tt>|</tt> [[Romance Sub-Genres]]<tt> | </tt>[[Resources]]
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<big>'''Images'''</big><br />
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[[Help:Uploading Images|Uploading images]]
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<big>'''Communicating '''</big><br />
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[[RomanceWiki:Community Discussion|Community Discussion]] <tt>|</tt>[[Help:Talk Pages|Talk Pages]]  
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<big>'''Technical Information'''</big><br />
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[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_editors WikiMedia.org Help] <tt>|</tt> [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Help Manual]
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<big>'''Where to ask questions'''</big><br />
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[[RomanceWiki:Community Discussion|Community Discussion]] - for questions on how to use RomanceWiki.<br />
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