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==Creating a New Article== | ==Creating a New Article== | ||
===Create the Page=== | |||
To create a new article (that is, add information about a new airport), you will need to start by going to the page that the article will be at, as this will automatically create a blank page. You can do this by filling in the title of your page after the <tt>title=</tt> portion of the web address in your browser's address bar. For example, if you are currently at the following page: | To create a new article (that is, add information about a new airport), you will need to start by going to the page that the article will be at, as this will automatically create a blank page. You can do this by filling in the title of your page after the <tt>title=</tt> portion of the web address in your browser's address bar. For example, if you are currently at the following page: | ||
<nowiki>http://www.spotterswiki.com/index.php?title=San_Diego_International_Airport_%28SAN/KSAN%29</nowiki> | <nowiki>http://www.spotterswiki.com/index.php?title=San_Diego_International_Airport_%28SAN/KSAN%29</nowiki> | ||
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Note that you do not need to include the _ or special % codes for the parenthesis as they will be converted for you. | Note that you do not need to include the _ or special % codes for the parenthesis as they will be converted for you. | ||
===Use the Newarticle Template=== | |||
Once you have created the page, the first thing you should do is use the [[Template:Newarticle|Newarticle template]] to fill in the basic structure of a SpottersWiki airport article. The web page will state that there is no text on the page; click the '''Edit''' button to bring up the screen to edit that page. Enter the following into the box, then click '''Save Page''': | Once you have created the page, the first thing you should do is use the [[Template:Newarticle|Newarticle template]] to fill in the basic structure of a SpottersWiki airport article. The web page will state that there is no text on the page; click the '''Edit''' button to bring up the screen to edit that page. Enter the following into the box, then click '''Save Page''': | ||
<nowiki>{{subst:Newarticle}}</nowiki> | <nowiki>{{subst:Newarticle}}</nowiki> | ||
Then you can click '''Edit''' again and start filling in the article. The [[Template_talk:Newarticle|Discussion page for the Newarticle template]] includes further information on using the template, and the [[Template_talk:Infobox|Discussion page for the Infobox template]] covers filling in the information box. | Then you can click '''Edit''' again and start filling in the article. The [[Template_talk:Newarticle|Discussion page for the Newarticle template]] includes further information on using the template, and the [[Template_talk:Infobox|Discussion page for the Infobox template]] covers filling in the information box. | ||
===Create Redirects=== | |||
You should also create two Redirects, one for the airport's IATA code and one for the airport's ICAO code, so that people can find the article by typing either of the codes in the search box on the side of every page. You do this by creating an article named with the code, and adding as the text of the article, the word <tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT</nowiki></tt> and the name of the article on your airport. For example, to create a redirect from '''LAX''' to the article '''Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX)''', you would add the following: | |||
<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX)</nowiki> | |||