WSU Wiki:Creating New Pages
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Introduction to creating pages
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Types of Pages
Course Home Pages
Main Page for all offerings of Course
Course home pages should be named using the Registrar's conventions to make them organize well in the Indexes. For example, to describe Econ 101, all sections, use (Note no spaces in name):
ECON_101
Course home pages are general pages for all offerings of a course. They provide general resources and have links to specific section offerings of the course. Copy and edit this text as the skeleton to create a Course Home Page
{{Template:CourseHomePage | CourseTitle=Introduction to Macro-economics | CoursePrefix=ECON | CourseNumber=101}}
...put general introduction information here...
==Links to specific offerings of this Course==
{{Template:CourseSectionLink | CoursePrefixAndNumber=ECON_101 | SectionNumber=01 | Term=F05 | Campus=Pullman | Instructor=Keyens}}
==General Resources==
===Bibliography===
===People and Groups===
===Multimedia Materials===
The Create the page by URL method works well for making these pages. Copy the template text above before following that procedure, and paste the text on the resulting page.
Page for a specific section/offering
The easy way to create, and properly name, a page for a specific offering of a course is to go to the Course Home Page (the general page described above) and insert a template to create a link to a specific offering. Then, follow that link and the page will be created. The text to add is:
{{Template:CourseSectionLink | CoursePrefixAndNumber=ECON_101 | SectionNumber=01 | Term=F05 | Campus=Pullman | Instructor=Keynes}}
CourseSectionHomePages also have a recommended template at the top, listed below:
{{Template:CourseSectionHomePage | CoursePrefixAndNumber=ECON_101 | Instructor=Keynes}}
Topic Article Pages
Topic Articles are similar to encyclopedia entries, and guidelines found in Wikipedia should be used for naming these pages. If a parallel article exists in Wikipedia the same name might be adopted, to help readers navigate between the two resources.
Bibliography Pages
Bibliography pages should be named like Articles. Collaboratively built bibliographies on specific topics are a way for students to share their learing over time. Annotating the bibliography is optional. Discussion pages for the bibliography can be used to propose changes, explain deletions, etc.
As a bibliography grows, it may become desireable to write an introduction that synthesizes the bibliography. Over time this might cause the bibliography to evolve into an Article. For that reason, Bibliographies should be named like Articles.
Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) Pages
Club or Group Pages
Student Clubs or groups (Registered Student Organizations (RSO) or not) are welcome to maintain a page, with the understanding that it enriches the educational experience of being at WSU. Check the Appropriate Use guidelines. Clubs may want to create and maintain other kinds of pages, (e.g., Bibliography, Articles) in WSU Wiki Clubs or groups with non-WSU affiliations or activities that are inappropriate for WSU Wiki, may want to link to another web resource, one possiblity is MoscowWiki. .
User Pages
Users automatically have a page availalbe to them in the system. Click on your name in the banner and begin editing your page. By convention, users edit only their own User pages. Use the Discussion page associated with someone else's User page to leave suggestions for changes, etc.
How to create a page
Mention the page on another page
You can turn any subject into its own page by placing it in double brackets, such as [[Cougar Cheese]] will create the link Cougar Cheese. The link will stay red until someone clicks it and adds content.
Create the page by URL
This method involves going to the page you wish to create by editing the URL showing in the browser. For example, if the URL appearing in the "Location" or "Address" bar of your browser is
https://wiki.wsu.edu/index.php/Main_Pageyou could create a new page by changing it to
https://wiki.wsu.edu/index.php/My_New_Pageand pressing the "Return" key.
Note: If you have a multi-word title for your new page, use underscore (_) in place of spaces in the URL.
Create the page by searching
When you search for a page in WSUWiki, you might notice a red link that says "a page with that exact title does not exist". If you search for the title of the page you want to create, then click that link, you will be able to edit a page with that title.