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Here's how to create a new page, format text, make references, insert images and tables and do more.

[edit] How do I create a new page?

Contents

Enter the name of the page to be created in this box:


You can also type in the name of the article for example [[My new article]] and it will appear as My new article. When you click this link, it will create your new page with the title "My New Article". Another way of creating an article is typing its name in the URL above, such as: http://www.wikiislam.org/index.php/My New Article

[edit] Changing the Name of a page

After a page has already been created and edited, its Title can be changed by clicking the "move" tab to move the page to a new title.

[edit] Formatting text

See the Cheatsheet. Practice using the wiki software here

[edit] Making quotes from Quran, Hadith and other sources

Its easy to make automatic linked references to Quran and Hadith - no longer will you have to find the URL of the Verse or Hadith you're looking for. Please see WikiIslam:Standardization for how to use this method. Also, below the edit box and on the editing toolbar, you'll find shortcuts to these Islamic markups.

[edit] Uploading images

  1. Click on the "Upload file" link on the left Image:Upload-image-help.gif
  2. Browse for your file and upload it
  3. Insert the uploaded image into the page by using: [[Image:My-New-Image.jpg]]

[edit] Images that you can use

All uploaded files are accessible in the Upload log

[edit] Using content from Wikipedia

  • Copying articles from Wikipedia is not encouraged. To link to an article on Wikipedia (for example, for non-Islam related articles), use [[w:Chicago|this city]], which will produce: this city.
  • The Wikipedia Content Converter (link to tool) can be used to automatically convert [[article]] formatted links into [[w:article|article]] format. This is helpful when you have a page with a lot of links that should be linked to articles in Wikipedia.

[edit] Advanced Editing

[edit] Making links on images

Making links on images is possible as in HTML. Here is an example: 
<imagemap>
Image:Mohammad Aisha-cartoon.jpg|50px
rect 0 0 207 286 [[Aisha's Age of Consummation|Read why Muhammad was a pedophile.]]
desc none
</imagemap>

Produces this image with a link to the article Aisha's Age of Consummation: <imagemap> Image:Mohammad Aisha-cartoon.jpg|50px rect 0 0 207 286 Read why Muhammad was a pedophile. desc none </imagemap> Read more detail on how to use this feature here here.

[edit] Defining CSS styles

You can define CSS styles here MediaWiki:Common.css and apply them anywhere in the Wiki. See the MediaWiki page for examples of CSS used on Mediawiki.

[edit] Templates

Templates are a very useful tool for implementing formatting on a large scale, and inserting the same block of text into multiple pages with ease. You can define templates and use them in the Wiki. To make your own templates, click here:Template:ChangeThis and change the URL to reflect your new template name. To use a template, type: {{ChangeThis}}. You can also use variables in templates. See this page to learn how to make templates.

[edit] Templates available for your use on WikiIslam

  • Plainlink: This template will allow you to link to a site with out having that little arrow graphic ( )  in the way.
  • Qif: A template which allows you to make IF statements.
  • Flag: Produces a little flag icon for a country.
  • Reference Templates: For making quotes and references to Quran and Hadith.

For more templates, see this page or see the Category:Templates for useful templates.

[edit] Making HTML forms

Using the InputBox extension, you can make search boxes, enable page edits from a box and create userboxes. An example is the Create box at the top of this page.

[edit] Useful Shortcuts and Hints

  • Hide Edit links: Use __NOEDITSECTION__ to hide "edit" links in an article. Use this only if you are sure the article is finalized and/or you want to discourage editing such as in the case of a "read-only" article.
  • Adding Hidden Comments: Adding editing comments that dont appear in a rendered version of the page: <!-- This is a comment -->
  • Variables on a page: Other Useful variables that you can use in a page:
    • {{PAGENAME}}: For this page, gives: Contents
    • {{fullurl:pagename}}: For this page gives: http://www.wikiislam.com/wiki/Pagename
    • Controls for TOC: Putting __TOC__ anywhere forces the TOC (table of contents) to appear at that point (instead of just before the first header). Putting __NOTOC__ anywhere forces the TOC to disappear. {{TOCright}} causes the table of contents to float to the Right like on the top of this page. {{TOCleft}} causes the TOC to float to the left.
    • To make a link to the Discussion tab of the present page: [[{{NAMESPACE}} Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|Discussion]]. If there's a namespace (such as for this page, Help:), you'll have to use the specific namespace e.g.: [[{{ns:13}}:{{PAGENAME}}|Discussion]], which for this page produces this link: Discussion. [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]] also works.
    • To make a link to the Edit tab of the present page: [{{fullurl:{{PAGENAME}}|action=edit}} Edit this page]. If there's a namespace (for this page, it is "Help:"), then use: [{{fullurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=edit}} Edit this page], which produces for this page: Edit this page
    • To make a direct link for account creation, use: [{{fullurl:Special:Userlogin|type=signup}} Create an account]. This results in: Create an account
  • ":" indents text
  • ";" shortcut for a small bold heading
  • Refresh Page cache: Add this at the end of a URL to refresh the page cache: ?action=purge

More help on variables and general editing at WikiPedia: How to edit a page

[edit] Dealing with vandalism

  • For sysops: After blocking the vandal, click on their Contributions link and then add &bot=1 at the end of their contribution URL to hide edits in Recent Changes from vandals and press Enter to generate the new Contributions page. For example:
http://www.wikiislam.com/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Example?bot=1
After this if you click on the rollback links from this new page with the 'bot' modified URL, the edits of the vandal and your reverts both will be hidden from the Recent Changes. The edits will still be stored on the individual page histories. Also see WikiIslam:Vandalism
  • If you are not a sysop: The simplest way to revert vandalism is to see the History of the page in question and click on the "Last" link (you'll see 2 links together for each version of a page: (cur) (last)) for the most recent legitimate version of the article. Then click "Edit" (it will give a prompt which you can ignore: You are modifying a previous version of this page) and save the article. This will revert the vandalism. In steps:
    • See History of the page in Question
    • Click on "Last" link for the most recent legitimate version of the page
    • Click "Edit"
    • Save page with comment "reverting vandalism"

[edit] See also

[edit] Helpful Links

[edit] Policies and guidelines

  • Click here to read our policies and guidelines for editing.


If you need any help on anything or have questions, please feel free to ask us in the Discussion tab of this article.

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