Difference between revisions of "DIME Wiki Contributions"
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We encourage everyone to contribute their knowledge and experience to the DIME Wiki. This page provides resources detailing how to create and edit content. Note that DIME reserves the right to review edits. | We encourage everyone to contribute their knowledge and experience to the DIME Wiki. This page provides resources detailing how to create and edit content. Note that DIME reserves the right to review edits. | ||
== Formatting and Style Guides == | |||
[https://www.worldbank.org/en/research/dime/data-and-analytics DIME Analytics] has created the following resources, which provide basic formatting and editing guidelines for adding or editing content on the DIME Wiki: | |||
* [[:File:The DIME Wiki Style Guide.pdf|The DIME Wiki style guide]] | |||
* [https://github.com/worldbank/DIMEwiki/raw/cssDevelop/Topics/DIME_Wiki_Contributions/DimeWiki_CheatSheet.pdf cheat sheet] | |||
== Introduction to MediaWiki == | == Introduction to MediaWiki == | ||
DIME Wiki uses [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] as its platform. All processes outlined on on MediaWiki (i.e. how to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page create] and [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages edit] a page) are applicable to the DIME Wiki page as well. If you do not have any experience with Media Wiki, then you might consider starting with a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8irbbwNo2E video tutorial]. | |||
== Creating a new page == | == Creating a new page == | ||
Before creating a new page on the DIME Wiki, ensure that there are no existing pages in which your contributions could fit. If no relevant page currently exists, then you may create a new one in several ways. You can search for the new page; if the page does not exist, you will be offered to create it. You can also [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help: make an internal link] to the page that does not exist yet. When you click the link to that page, you will be offered to create that page. | Before creating a new page on the DIME Wiki, ensure that there are no existing pages in which your contributions could fit. If no relevant page currently exists, then you may create a new one in several ways. You can search for the new page; if the page does not exist, you will be offered to create it. You can also [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help: make an internal link] to the page that does not exist yet. When you click the link to that page, you will be offered to create that page. | ||
Revision as of 21:15, 16 June 2020
We encourage everyone to contribute their knowledge and experience to the DIME Wiki. This page provides resources detailing how to create and edit content. Note that DIME reserves the right to review edits.
Formatting and Style Guides
DIME Analytics has created the following resources, which provide basic formatting and editing guidelines for adding or editing content on the DIME Wiki:
Introduction to MediaWiki
DIME Wiki uses MediaWiki as its platform. All processes outlined on on MediaWiki (i.e. how to create and edit a page) are applicable to the DIME Wiki page as well. If you do not have any experience with Media Wiki, then you might consider starting with a video tutorial.
Creating a new page
Before creating a new page on the DIME Wiki, ensure that there are no existing pages in which your contributions could fit. If no relevant page currently exists, then you may create a new one in several ways. You can search for the new page; if the page does not exist, you will be offered to create it. You can also make an internal link to the page that does not exist yet. When you click the link to that page, you will be offered to create that page.