The Mailer Review/Volunteer/Remediating Articles: Difference between revisions

If you clicked on the red link to begin creating the article, the title has been chosen for you. However, we want to tweak the display title, so we have to use a code called <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE}}</nowiki></code>. With this element, you can insert necessary text formatting, like [[w:MOS:ITALIC|italics]]:

The <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> tag shrinks the root page names to highlight the title of the page. The code above will work for most article titles. However, if the title contains italicized elements, like the title of a novel, you must replace <code><nowiki>{{SUBPAGENAME}}</nowiki></code> with the actual title, so you can include the italics. For example:

Putting two apostrophes (<code><nowiki>''</nowiki></code>) on both sides of <code><nowiki>An American Dream</nowiki></code> will italicize the novel’s name in the published document (see [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Formatting|Help:Formatting]]); check out the [[The Mailer Review/Volume 1, 2007/An American Dream: The Singular Nightmare|published article]]. Once you’ve entered your title, click the “Show preview” button under the editor window to see the results.{{efn|Get into the habit of clicking this button with every bit that you add to the article. It allows you to quickly see if you’ve made a mistake, so you can fix it before saving.}} Note that the title must otherwise be exactly the same, or the system will ignore the code and spit out an error. If it does, just review your code carefully and fix what’s needed.

Once you’ve entered the code, check it by previewing. The author’s name should be in blue, showing that the link leads to his or her biography. If it’s red, check your spelling. I have entered all authors and editors, so this should be working correctly. Next, scroll to the bottom of the document. You should see the correct category listed (see '''Fig 2'''); we’ll discuss more categories below. This will either be “Written by First Last” or “Edited by First Last.” This link, too, should be blue.

=== Author Bio ===

Article categories are classified as follows. Choose the most appropriate for the article you’re remediating:

Most of the time, you will only select '''one''' category for your article. The indented categories are subcategories of the those above them. For more information on categories, see [[w:Help:Category|Help:Category]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Categorization|Wikipedia:Categorization]] on Wikipedia.