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This page contains information on how one should edit this wiki, eg: best practices, protocols, templates and the like.
 
This page contains information on how one should edit this wiki, eg: best practices, protocols, templates and the like.
  
== Recommendations for editors ==
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These pages are a highly recommended read:
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; [[Help:Recommendations for editors|Recommendations for editors]]
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: How to configure your account and to make sure your information gets displayed correctly.
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; [[Help:Tutorial|Oh God how does any of this work (Tutorial)]]
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: Quickly get up to speed with adding content. Has a nifty [[Help:Tutorial#Self-education|Self-education]] section that helps you discover exactly how things work around here.
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; [[Help:Content policy|Content policy]]
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: What goes onto the wiki and what does not.
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; [[Help:Naming protocol|Naming protocol]]
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: How to choose and spell names, terms, titles and the like.
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; [[Help:Creating pages|Creating pages]]
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: Helpful guides to creating pages. Contains nifty stuff with templates and examples that will reduce the amount of work you'll have to do.
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; [[:Category:Example page|Example pages]]
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: Your first stop for creating pages.
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; [[Help:Categories and properties|Categories and properties]]
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: What they are, how they are used, and how to create new ones.
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; [[Help:Editing|Editing help]]
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: Help with syntax, formatting and other practicalities.
  
=== Set up your watch lists and notifications ===
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=== Notice ===
# Go to your preferences page and add your email.
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This site has a lot of dynamically generated content, making heavy use of templates and the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org semantic mediawiki] extension. If anything looks broken or incorrect, please use the corresponding talk page to notify the person responsible. If all else fails, please notify [[User_talk:Joel Hedlund (NSC)]].
# Configure your account so that pages you create automatically get added to your watchlist, and that notifications will go to your email.
 
# Tag your user page with the categories "Applications Expert" and your research area (at least one, eg "Bioinformatics").
 
 
 
== best practices ==
 
 
 
 
 
== category naming scheme and protocol ==
 
 
 
 
 
== page designs / templates ==
 
 
 
 
 
== subscription lists ==
 
 
 
 
 
== help links ==
 

Latest revision as of 18:31, 28 September 2011

This page contains information on how one should edit this wiki, eg: best practices, protocols, templates and the like.

These pages are a highly recommended read:

Recommendations for editors
How to configure your account and to make sure your information gets displayed correctly.
Oh God how does any of this work (Tutorial)
Quickly get up to speed with adding content. Has a nifty Self-education section that helps you discover exactly how things work around here.
Content policy
What goes onto the wiki and what does not.
Naming protocol
How to choose and spell names, terms, titles and the like.
Creating pages
Helpful guides to creating pages. Contains nifty stuff with templates and examples that will reduce the amount of work you'll have to do.
Example pages
Your first stop for creating pages.
Categories and properties
What they are, how they are used, and how to create new ones.
Editing help
Help with syntax, formatting and other practicalities.

Notice

This site has a lot of dynamically generated content, making heavy use of templates and the semantic mediawiki extension. If anything looks broken or incorrect, please use the corresponding talk page to notify the person responsible. If all else fails, please notify User_talk:Joel Hedlund (NSC).