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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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* [[Help:Book Template|Book Template]] - Use this template to create an entry for a book.
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* [[Help:Author Template|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 />
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== Basic Editing Tips ==
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[[:Category:Romance Terms|Romance Terms]] <tt>|</tt> [[:Category:Publishing Terms|Publishing Terms]]
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=== 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 />
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* 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]]<tt>
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** 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>[[Authors]] <tt>|</tt> [[Publishers]] <tt>|</tt> [[Special:Categories|Categories]]
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=== Formatting ===
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::''See the [[Help:Style Manual]] for more information about how to format your page.''
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<big>'''[[Help:Editing|Editing RomanceWiki]]'''</big><br />
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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 are:
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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]
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* The <font color="blue">'''Ab'''</font> button -- highlighted text will be made into a link to another page in the wiki (or creates a <font color="red">new page </font> link if it doesn't already exist) --  
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* The "globe" link, which creates an external link.  
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*The large "'''A'''" creates a new section header. Adding additional equal signs ("=") to the section header creates subsections (like the Creating a Page and Formatting sections in this article).
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<big>'''Searching'''</big><br />
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== Other Resources ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Searching Searching]
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* [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>'''Keeping track of changes'''</big><br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_history| Page history] <tt>|</tt> See [[Special:Recent changes|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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See User talk pages<tt>|</tt> See Article 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:Manual MediaWiki Help Manual]
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<big>'''Where to ask questions'''</big><br />
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????  - for questions on how to use Wikipedia.<br />
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Revision as of 18:16, 15 September 2007

Help Contents

Getting Started
Romance Terms | Publishing Terms

Contributing
Who Can Contribute? | Style Manual

Browsing
Books |Authors | Publishers | Categories

Editing RomanceWiki
Book Pages | Author Pages| Moving, Deleting, Merging Pages| Wikipedia Basic Editing

Searching
Searching

Keeping track of changes
Page history | See Recent Changes

Lists And Resources
Romance History | Romance Sub-Genres|Resources

Images
Uploading images

Communicating
See User talk pages| See Article talk pages

Technical Information
WikiMedia.org Help | MediaWiki Help Manual

Where to ask questions
???? - for questions on how to use Wikipedia.


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