New Article Guidelines

The first thing to do is to write the code for the article; while you can use your User Area (click on your user name in the upper right hand corner), sometimes it's better to use a text or simple word processor offline to construct your article, particularly if you are new to coding in the Wiki markup language. The Quick guide to editing pages has a very good summary of many of the more important commands and directives. If you decide to use your User Area, you will be put into the Wiki editor where you can write and test your code. The Sandbox can also be used for this purpose, but be aware that the Sandbox is a non protected public area; your code could be wiped out at any time, without warning. You may store your code in the User Area for as long (or as brief) a time as you wish.

At the end of the article, the use of the Category directive is strongly encouraged. This insures that the article will be indexed by MediaWiki automatically when it is stored, and will therefore make it easier for other users to find it. At this writing we have just over 40 such categories and around 500 articles. See the provided link for the syntax. The list of all categories we have on the RR wiki can be found here. It's entirely acceptable that one article may belong to more than one category. If this is the case, MediaWiki will resolve each category, seperated by a vertical bar.

When your coding is complete, it's time to establish where the article will reside.

One very quick way to go is to enter the URL of the wiki, then follow that with the title. If you wanted to create a stand alone article on the Eton E1 receiver, for example, the URL becomes:

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Eton_E1_Review

If you are going to make this a member of another article, that article comes first. The correct format is:

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/article_name/article_name

So for example, let's say the article on the Eton E1 receiver should be a member of our SWL Broadcast article. The URL would read:

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/SWL_Broadcast/Eton_E1_Review <==== New Article

Either way, you will have created a blank article with a title. Click on the 'edit' tab to get into the editor. Copy/Paste your code into here.

Another way to approach this is to edit the appropriate section, insert the title you want, and save it away. When the article is stored, if the Wiki cannot find something with that title, it shows up in RED Click on it, and you will be taken to the editor where you can copy/paste your code.

You should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your new article, as described in the legend. When you have finished, press preview to see how your article will look. If you're happy with what you see, then press "Save" and your article will be stored. Don't "sign" your new article (the software keeps track of who enters a new article and makes any changes).