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| '''So you want to edit PortlandWiki?''' Well, don't screw anything up.
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| ''Just kidding!'' It's impossible to screw PortlandWiki up, since ''everything can be undone''. So go wild. But if you want some guidance on what are best practices (and most of us do), keep reading.
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| Not the editing and writing type? Check out our [[PW:To do|to do list]], it's full of random miscellaneous things to do that will help us build a great Portland resource we can all enjoy and be proud of!
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| == Create a new page! ==
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| Creating a new PortlandWiki page is reasonably quick and mostly pain-free. As this wiki matures, there may come a time when most contributions will consist of editing and/or updating existing pages. But Portland Wiki is still growing like half-wild toddler, so what's stopping you? Go ahead, start a new page. You can ''do'' it!
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| Let's look at a few elements<ref>[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Wikipedia Cheatsheet]]</ref> you may want to include in even a minimalist new PortlandWiki page<ref>[[mediawikiwiki:Help:Starting_a_new_page|Help:Starting a new page]]</ref>.
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| === Page title ===
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| The first element you'll want to decide on as you create your new wiki page is a ''page title''. The easiest way to ''entitle'' your new page is to perform a search to see if another Portland Wiki page already exists with that title. It's not likely you'll run into that problem while Portland Wiki is still a "tot," but if you do, perhaps you can think up another page title.
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| To search for a page, type your search query into the search box located in the top right corner of any PortlandWiki page.<ref>[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Searching Help:Searching]</ref>
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| Consider visiting PortlandWiki's [[Help:Sandbox|Sandbox]] page, where PortlandWiki contributors can freshen up their wiki markup skills.
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| === Page structure ===
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| To create a new page, please include a minimal page structure, something like:
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| === Clever paragraph header here ===
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| Grab your reader's attention with an eye-catching paragraph headline.
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| === Next: two or three sentences about your subject ===
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| Now write a witty, light-of-heart (yet heavy of mind) opening paragraph.
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| [[File:Stop-TriMet-Service-Cuts-Rally.JPG|thumb|400px|[[OPAL]]'s [http://www.opalpdx.org/2010/08/rally-for-the-bus/ Rally for the BUS], held in front of [[Portland City Hall]] on September 1st, 2010.]]
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| === Want an image with that? ===
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| The appropriate image<ref>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Help:Images]</ref> (one that won't permanently freak out a well-disciplined nun or psychologically harm a small child) can brighten up any wiki page. Here's how you can include an image:
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| * First, [[Special:Upload|upload]] your pic by clicking the "Upload file" menu located under the "Toolbox" heading shown in the list of menu items on the left side of the page.
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| * Next, click on the Edit menu ([[Help:Editing#Take_a_peek_under_our_skirts|instructions below)]] and insert the wiki text to display your image.
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| <br style="clear:both"/><!-- this prevents the following code from overlapping preceding images -->
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| <big>The wiki text to display the image shown to the right is:</big><br />
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| <nowiki>
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| [[File:Stop-TriMet-Service-Cuts-Rally.JPG|thumb|400px|[[OPAL]]'s [http://www.opalpdx.org/2010/08/rally-for-the-bus/ Rally for the BUS], held in front of [[Portland City Hall]] on September 1st, 2010.]]
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| </nowiki>
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| === How about a handy list? ===
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| * Foo 1
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| * ''Foo Too''
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| * [http://community.livejournal.com/damnportlanders/ Foo lisH]
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| == Other Tricks ==
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| [[Special:Templates|Templates]], [[Template:Infobox|Infoboxes]], [[Special:Categories|tags]], [[Special:Categories|categories]] and many other bits of wiki stuff help connect articles in useful ways, making PortlandWiki easier to navigate.
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| === Tags or Categories ===
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| Did you just create or edit a restaurant article? If it's not already tagged with the "Restaurants" category, tag it with the following bit of code at the end of the article:
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| * <nowiki>[[Category: Restaurants]]</nowiki>
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| == Take a peek under our skirts ==
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| Want to see what actual wiki text (wiki formatting mark-up code)<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup Help:Wiki markup]</ref> looks like so you can "try this at home"? Yes? Click [http://portlandwiki.org/index.php?title=Help:Editing&action=edit here]. (You can also click the "Edit" menu, sandwiched between the "Read" and "View history" menus, which are all located just to the left of the Search box situated at the top, right of each page.)
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| == Useful external links are a nice distraction ==
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| * [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_tools|Wikipedia:Tools/Editing tools]]
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| : [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_tools#wikEd|wikEd - In-browser wiki text editor.]]
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| : [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_tools#Templates|Templates]] (like [[wikipedia:Template:Meetup|Template:Meetup]])
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| * [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Meetup_Box|Wikipedia:Meetup Box]]
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| * [[wikipedia:Template:Cent|Template:Centralized discussion]]
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| * [[wikipedia:Template:Annotated_image|Template:Annotated image]]
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| * [[wikipedia:Help:Formatting|Format your text using wiki markup.]]
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| * [[wikipedia:Help:Editing|How to edit a wiki page.]]
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| * [[wikipedia:MediaWiki:Edittools|Assorted text characters and MediaWiki markup.]]
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| == Refer Readers to References! ==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:Help]]
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