SubSurfWiki:Training/The fundamentals of editing

Follow these steps to write a basic stub article:


 * 1) Go to your user page.
 * 2) Edit the page and add a link to  /Basic article/ . The first slash says 'make a subpage'. The second slash says 'don't show the first slash'. Note that article names should always use sentence case.
 * 3) Go to that article and pick a subject to write about
 * 4) Start with a short, dictionary-like definition:
 * Wikis are websites that anyone can edit. Wikipedia is an example of a wiki.
 * 1) Add some top-level headings with two equals signs:  . Again, use sentence case.
 * 2) [[file:Example.jpg|thumb|This is the caption.]]Add an image using the file namespace (not image) — see right
 * 3) Try a list. Look at this one for a couple of tricks.
 * 4) Add a reference with tags.
 * 5) Almost all articles have the following sections:
 * 6) * References — for the references you've used. You can also add others, but usually the only text here will be  
 * 7) * See also — for other articles in the wiki that a highly relevant to this one
 * 8) * External links — for links that are outside the wiki. Putting them here preserves the reader's expectation that wiki links point to other parts of the wiki.
 * 9) If the article is a stub, then make sure to tag it as such:
 * 10) Articles should always have a list of categories at the end:
 * 11) Enter a Summary with a brief description of what you did (always good practice), and Save
 * 1) Enter a Summary with a brief description of what you did (always good practice), and Save
 * 1) Enter a Summary with a brief description of what you did (always good practice), and Save

Quick tips

 * Use sentence case for everything: article names, headings, and categories. It's easier to read, easier to be consistent, than Title Case
 * Don't use  or  ; it's almost never called for, except in rare cases, usually in a template, e.g. to make text look nice in a box.
 * Don't use  headings, and think hard about more than 4
 * Try to use  between numbers and their units, or anywhere you don't want a line break
 * If you use a lot of quantities, val is very useful:
 * Don't miss this handy table of symbol shortcuts
 * Don't miss this handy table of symbol shortcuts
 * Don't miss this handy table of symbol shortcuts
 * Don't miss this handy table of symbol shortcuts
 * Don't miss this handy table of symbol shortcuts

Handy cheatsheet
file:Wiki_cheatsheet.pdf