YourTravelGuide:Guide
From YourTravelGuide
This is a help page for editors. If you are not yet an editor, apply here.
It list links to various pages explaining the syntax and how to use the wikipedia.
On the following page you will find a user guide. http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help
Read this Guide chat of the admin explaining to a user how to use/edit this wiki.
If you want to test things out, please feel free to modify/edit/use this sandbox page as much as you wish.
[edit] Introduction
[edit] Tutorials
- Tips for newcomers
- How to help YourTravelGuide
- Editing a page
- Renaming a page
- Redirecting a page
- Uploading files
- Reverting a page
- Help with Watchlist
- Style manual
- How to use the talk pages
- What is an article?
[edit] Editor section
The editor section is at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Editor
[edit] The Syntax
Read this article about the mediawiki syntax so that you can write attractive articles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page
And
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_FAQ
[edit] Guidelines on writing articles
Follow the wikipedia guidelines when you write:
Clear, informative, and unbiased writing is always more important than presentation and formatting.
Quality, neutrality, source citation inline or as a footnote, good interlinking...
As we are doing a major change of the wikipedia source, the discussion about the article also a very important source.
Read this excellent guide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_writing_better_articles
Read the 'Tips on editing articles' and 'Major Changes' at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Tips_on_editing_Wikipedia_articles
For images check: How to insert images
[edit] Templates
Templates helps define a common style for the various travel articles.
- Country article template for countries.
- Region article template for regions and states with a country.
- City article template for cities.
- Town article template for town and villages.
- Major city article template for capitals and very large cities.
- District article template for district within a large city.
- Park article template for national parks and nature reserve.
- Itinerary article template - for travel itineraries.
- Phrasebook article template - for travel Phrasebooks.
How to use templates when creating an article Choose the template which correspond best to the article topic. Copy-paste the template content in the new article. Change the bottom Category title and then start adding information and local knowledge that you know.
[edit] Editing, layout, style guidelines
Please read the following pages before writing an article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#More_information_on_editing_wiki_pages
[edit] Article organization
Our ArticleWorld.org mediawiki is organized by categories and articles them same way as the wikipedia.
The main page categories are from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Browse
As organazing a site is quite a challenge, I decided to start by using the same titles for the categories and articles.
Note: Red links mean that the category or article is not written yet and has to be written. Click on this red link to be redirected to a page where you can write in this new category.
[edit] Categories and articles
- You can read more about categories here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category
- To create a new article:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page
- Always make sure that an article is linked to his category by adding the category code:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category#Putting_an_item_in_a_category
- New category should be correctly linked to its upper category and so on until list in the main page. Use this code:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category#Subcategories
- In category pages, the sub-categories and related articles are automatically listed.
[edit] Interlinks between articles
- Here you can find out how to link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Links_and_URLs
- It's important to add internal links in your paragraphs even if the article doesn't exist yet. When people access the article, they want to have more info about some words and need to be redirected to a new article.
The link will appear in red, meaning that the article has yet to be written. To give you an idea of what type and the density of internal links, have a look at the wikipedia related article.
- If an article is not written, it's important for you to write it asap and to link it to it's related categories until the main page as explained previously. Don't create a link if you are not going to write the article on it.
Please follow the wikipedia guidelines at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_layout#Links
[edit] What to write in an article
Check this Layout Guide
Presentation should be clear with:
- A good introduction on the destination
- Paragraphs with the useful infos for further discussion.
- External link(s) to the offical destination site.
[edit] Mediawiki
Consult the User's Guide for information on editing the wiki.
[edit] Dictionary and grammar check
Make sure that your grammar and wording are correct.
[edit] Mediawiki
Consult the User's Guide for information on editing the wiki.
