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{{Internal page with | On this page you can find some information about [[Portal:Editing|editing]] this wiki: what you should consider, what might be different than on other wikis. Anything to styling and the way we present content. | ||
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==Links== | |||
Generally on wikis that use the Mediawiki software (like e.g. Wikipedia) you create external links like this: {{Ic|<nowiki>[https://wikipedia.org Wikipedia]</nowiki>}} and inthernal links like this {{Ic|<nowiki>[[Main Page|link to main page]]</nowiki>}}. So in both cases the link comes first, but with internal links that's just the name of the article. Then comes the text that should be displayed.<br> | |||
But we do internal links differently. See [[Project:Template_guide#Internal_links]].<br> | |||
We use {{Ic|<nowiki>{{Internal Link |source=Main Page |link-name=link to main page]]</nowiki>}}. This allows the link also to work on translated pages. | |||
Each subject mentioned in an article should be linked to the first time it is mentioned. If that would result in a text with lots and lots of links, then just link the articles that are really relevant.<br> | |||
And we should usually link to basic guides/articles about the page, so e.g. if an article mentions the {{Internal Link |source=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}} we create a link like this {{Ic|<nowiki>{{Internal Link |source=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}}</nowiki>}}.<br> | |||
Only if the advanced article (if even two articles exist) is more relevant we link e.g. to {{Internal Link |source=Hubzilla |link-name=Hubzilla}} instead of {{Internal Link |source=What is Hubzilla? |link-name=What is Hubzilla?}}. | |||
==Categories== | |||
See [[Project:Template_guide#Categories]].<br> | |||
Generally you assign a category to an article by writing e.g. {{Ic|<nowiki>[[Category:Fediverse]]</nowiki>}} somewhere in the article (usually on the bottom). We instead use {{Ic|<nowiki>{{category |category=Fediverse}}</nowiki>}}. This is again to make sure categories work well with translations.<br> | |||
To link to a category we use the standard {{Ic|<nowiki>[[:Category:Fediverse]]</nowiki>}} (note the colon before the word category). | |||
Each page (except the main page) should have at least one category (drafts should only have the [[:Category:Drafts]], because we don't want to draw too much attention to them until they are finished). There is no hard limit for how many categories an article can have, but usually 4 are more than enough. Pick the ones most relevant for the topic. E.g. in an article about a Fediverse software, let's say Mastodon, use [[:Category:Mastodon]] but not [[:Category:Fediverse]]. The latter should only be used in general articles about the Fediverse. | |||
==Capitalization== | ==Capitalization== | ||