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== Guidelines for creating new pages ==
 
== Guidelines for creating new pages ==
;Ensure that you have [[Help:Recommendations for editors#Set up your watch lists and notifications|set up your watch preferences and notifications]] correctly.
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; Ensure that you have [[Help:Recommendations for editors#Set up your watch lists and notifications|set up your watch preferences and notifications]] correctly
:Watch all pages that you create. Unwatched pages rot and we do not want that.
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: Watch all pages that you create. Unwatched pages rot and we do not want that.
;Look at the [[:Category:Example page|example pages]]
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; Look at the [[:Category:Example page|example pages]]
:These are in the proper layout and use all the nifty templates for getting all the required information right. Chances are that much of the tedious work has already been done for you.
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: These are in the proper layout and use all the nifty templates for getting all the required information right. Chances are that much of the tedious work has already been done for you.
;Put some deep thought into the choice of page title.
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; Put pages in the correct namespace
:This is a wiki, so it matters a lot. See the relevant [[:Category:Example page|example pages]] for more details. Read the [[#Titles, headings and names|naming policies for titles, headings and names]] so you get it right.  
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: Regular pages (almost all pages) go in the standard namespace (no namespace). Pages that really only are helpful for editors, like this one, all go in the Help: namespace. This prevents them from turning up in search results.  
;Create the talk page
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; Put some deep thought into the choice of page title
:Also called the Discussion page. As this wiki is not open for unauthenticated editing other than through the talk pages, these are our primary form of input from the general public.
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: This is a wiki, so it matters a lot. See the relevant [[:Category:Example page|example pages]] for more details. Read the [[Help:Naming protocol#Titles, headings and names|naming policies for titles, headings and names]] so you get it right.  
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; Create the talk page
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: Also called the Discussion page. As this wiki is not open for unauthenticated editing other than through the talk pages, these are our primary form of input from the general public.
  
 
== Page examples, designs and templates ==
 
== Page examples, designs and templates ==

Revision as of 21:01, 27 June 2011

This page lists guidelines for creating new pages on the snicdocs wiki.

Guidelines for creating new pages

Ensure that you have set up your watch preferences and notifications correctly
Watch all pages that you create. Unwatched pages rot and we do not want that.
Look at the example pages
These are in the proper layout and use all the nifty templates for getting all the required information right. Chances are that much of the tedious work has already been done for you.
Put pages in the correct namespace
Regular pages (almost all pages) go in the standard namespace (no namespace). Pages that really only are helpful for editors, like this one, all go in the Help: namespace. This prevents them from turning up in search results.
Put some deep thought into the choice of page title
This is a wiki, so it matters a lot. See the relevant example pages for more details. Read the naming policies for titles, headings and names so you get it right.
Create the talk page
Also called the Discussion page. As this wiki is not open for unauthenticated editing other than through the talk pages, these are our primary form of input from the general public.

Page examples, designs and templates

The examples and designs are all here:

Category:Example page

along with motivation on why you should not call them templates (because mediawiki has called dibs on that term).