Creating new encyclopaedic entries
Creating a new entry page
To create a new page in wiki, insert the title of the new page in the search box choose 'Create this page' from the results page. The name of the page should contain the local spelling of the name of the practice, followed by the country where it originates, like so:
Štela (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Infobox
Use the code below to insert an infobox into an encyclopaedic entry.
{{infobox
| nameofpractice =
| flagemoji =
| definition =
| location =
| imagemap = map.png
| categories =
| authorofpiece =
| authorinstitution =
| website =
}}
'''''By NAME, AFFILIATION'''''
For 'definition', provide a single sentence summarising the entry or copy the description from the Glossary in the Encyclopaedia. To display a map of the location of the practice, enter the name of the country or region before 'map.png'. To enter keywords under 'categories' formatted with the appropriate markup, paste them into the category formatting tool, press the Definition button and copy the result into the table.
Categories
Paste the keywords from the entry into the category formatting tool, press the Categories button and paste the output immediately below the byline. The result should look like this:
[[Category: Armenia]] [[Category: FSU]] [[Category: Entry]] [[Category: 2018 entry]]
First paragraphs
For a quick overview of the practice in the entry, the beginnings of every entry are emphasised. Put the first paragraph or two between the following lines of code:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="font-size:1.1em;"| TEXT START
|}
Rest of the text and referencing
Paste the rest of the text. Use two single straight quotes for italic like so: ''italic''. When cross-referencing, use double square brackets to link to another entry like so: [[another entry]]. Envelop titles in ==Title== for level 1, ===Title=== for level 2 and ====Title==== for level 3 headings. If you need further formatting options, see MediaWiki's help page.
Insert references following the example below.
The Sun is pretty big (Miller 1989<ref>E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 1989), 23-5.</ref>). The Moon, however, is not so big (Smith 2008<ref>R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46 (April 2008): 44-6.</ref>). ==References== <references />
This should produce the following result:
The Sun is pretty big (Miller 1989[1]). The Moon, however, is not so big (Smith 2008[2]).
References
See further formatting options of the Cite extension here.
Photographs or illustrations
First, upload the visual material (JPG or PNG) on a separate page, by using the Upload file page in the sidebar on the left. Use a memorable name for the uploaded file. Then, paste either line of the below code to where you would like the illustration to appear and replace the capitalized words with information about the material. Delete the last section if the picture should not include a caption. When illustrations appear in a group, they should either be of the same width or the same height.
When you wish to resize illustrations to the same width, as in this example, use the following:
[[File:NAME.JPG|thumb|300px|left|CAPTION. Source: AUTHOR. © AUTHOR.]]
When you wish to size them to a certain height, as in this example, use this (note the x before the file dimension):
[[File:NAME.JPG|thumb|x250px|left|CAPTION. Source: AUTHOR. © AUTHOR.]]
Creating redirect pages
Since it contains non-Western characters, Štela (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is difficult to search for. To ease the search and cross-referencing on other pages, for entries like this redirect pages where non-Western characters and country origins are omitted from the title should be created. A useful redirect for the above example would be a page called Stela.
Create the redirect page in the same way you would a normal entry page. In the body of the page paste the following.
#REDIRECT [[pagename]]
Instead of 'pagename', insert the original name of the page.
Adding other pages
Conceptual chapters, comparative essays or other pages normally do not require an infobox.