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{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;"> | {{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;">{{BASEPAGENAME}}/</span>{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} | ||
{{Large|A Guide for Volunteer Digital Editors}} | {{Large|A Guide for Volunteer Digital Editors}} | ||
{{Byline|last=Lucas|first=Gerald R.|abstract=A digital editor’s guide for translating print articles to digital for ''{{MR}}''.}} | {{Byline|last=Lucas|first=Gerald R.|abstract=A digital editor’s guide for translating print articles to digital for ''{{MR}}''.}} | ||
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The rest of this document breaks down each of the common elements that every article will use. You should keep your example article open in a tab so you can refer to it, if necessary. | The rest of this document breaks down each of the common elements that every article will use. You should keep your example article open in a tab so you can refer to it, if necessary. | ||
Finally, go to the [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}|volume]] your article is in, and click on the title’s red link. This | Finally, go to the [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}|volume]] your article is in, and click on the title’s red link. This will bring up the editor for the new article. Now you may begin adding the article’s content. See [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Starting a new page|Help:Starting a new page]] for more details. | ||
=== Subpages === | === Subpages === | ||
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=== Preview and Save === | === Preview and Save === | ||
As you make changes, get into the habit of pushing the “Show preview” button at the bottom of your editor. You should '''not''' save every little edit, as this taxes the system: '''every single edit''' is stored in the article’s history, so we want to keep these to a minimum. Once you have added a significant amount—maybe a couple of paragraphs or so—you can hit the blue “Save changes” button if the preview looks good. Before you save, make a note in the “Summary” box explaining your additions or edits. This can be helpful to other editors if they have to fix or find something. Uncheck the “This is a minor edit” if you did more than fix a typo or change a couple of smaller items. | As you make changes, get into the habit of pushing the “Show preview” button at the bottom of your editor. You should '''not''' save every little edit, as this taxes the system: '''every single saved edit''' is stored in the article’s history, so we want to keep these to a minimum. Once you have added a significant amount—maybe a couple of paragraphs or so—you can hit the blue “Save changes” button if the preview looks good. Before you save, make a note in the “Summary” box explaining your additions or edits. This can be helpful to other editors if they have to fix or find something. Uncheck the “This is a minor edit” (checked by default) if you did more than fix a typo or change a couple of smaller items. | ||
== Title == | == Title == | ||
If you clicked on the red link to begin creating the article, the title has been chosen for you. However, we want to | 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]]: | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
<code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;"> | <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;">{{BASEPAGENAME}}/</span>{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}</nowiki></code> | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
The <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> tag shrinks the root page names to highlight the title of the page. Putting two apostrophes (<code><nowiki>''</nowiki></code>) on both sides of <code><nowiki> | 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: | ||
<blockquote> | |||
<code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;">{{BASEPAGENAME}}/</span>''An American Dream'': The Singular Nightmare}}</nowiki></code> | |||
</blockquote> | |||
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. | |||
== Header == | == Header == | ||