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Who can create pages?

On LabVIEW Wiki, anyone with a user account can create and edit pages. If you don't have a user account, create one now. If you have a user account, login to start creating pages.

When to create pages?

You should only create pages if your contribution isn't covered by any existing page. Before you create a new page, use the search box to check if a similar page already exists.

Do not create empty pages.

How to create pages?

There are multiple ways to create pages on LabVIEW Wiki.

Using Wikilinks

A wikilink is an internal link to pages on the same wiki. Wikilinks may appear blue if a page exists, and red if a page does not exist. Selecting a red link will open the create page with which the page can be created.

Using an URL

Manually write the URL to a new page in the format https://labviewwiki.org/wiki/PAGE, where PAGE is the title of the page to create. If the page doesn't exist, a create page will appear with which the page can be created.

From the "Search results" page

Use the search box to search for a page. If there is no match, LabVIEW Wiki automatically adds a link to the create page with which the page can be created.

External links

Starting a new page (Mediawiki)

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-There are several ways to start a new page
-== Using Wikilinks ==
+== Who can create pages? ==
-LAVA makes it very easy to link wiki pages using a standard syntax (see [[Help:Links|Links]]). If you (or anyone else) creates a link to an article that doesn't exist yet, the link will be coloured red, <span style="color: #ba0000"><u>like this</u></span>. Clicking a red link, will take you to the edit page for the new article.  Simply type your text, click save and the new page will be created. Once the page has been created, the link will change from <span style="color: #ba0000"><u>red</u></span> to <u>black</u></span> indicating that the article now exists.
+On LabVIEW Wiki, anyone with a user account can create and edit pages. If you don't have a user account, [[Special:CreateAccount|create one now]]. If you have a user account, [[Special:UserLogin|login]] to start creating pages.
-== Using the URL ==
+== When to create pages? ==
-You can use the wiki's URL for creating a new page. The URL to an article of the wiki is usually something like this:
+You should only create pages if your contribution isn't covered by any existing page. Before you create a new page, use the search box to check if a similar page already exists.
-*<code><nowiki>http://wiki.lavag.org/index.php/</nowiki>'''ARTICLE'''</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;
-If you replace <code>'''ARTICLE'''</code> with the name of the page you wish to create, you will be taken to a blank page which indicates that no article of that name exists yet. Clicking the "''edit''" [[Image:edit.gif]] at the top of the page will take you to the edit page for that article, where you can create the new page by typing your text, and clicking submit.
+Do not create empty pages.
-== From the search page ==
+== How to create pages? ==
-If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and 'go' button on the left of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.  (Note that this technique doesn't work if you use the 'search' button).
+There are multiple ways to create pages on LabVIEW Wiki.
-== Create redirects to your new page ==
+=== Using Wikilinks ===
-Don't forget to setup redirects when you create a page. If you think another person may search for the page you've created by using a different name or spelling, please create the proper redirect(s).
+A [[Help:Links|wikilink]] is an internal link to pages on the same wiki. Wikilinks may appear <span style="color: #0645ad"><u>blue</u></span> if a page exists, and <span style="color: #ba0000"><u>red</u></span> if a page does not exist. Selecting a red link will open the ''create'' page with which the page can be created.
-An Example of a redirect: [[labview]] --> [[LabVIEW]]
+=== Using an URL ===
+Manually write the URL to a new page in the format <code><nowiki>https://labviewwiki.org/wiki/</nowiki>'''PAGE'''</code>, where <code>'''PAGE'''</code> is the title of the page to create. If the page doesn't exist, a ''create'' page will appear with which the page can be created.
-To create a redirect, the '''first line''' of the page should read <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Destination]]</nowiki> where Destination is the page to which people should be redirected.  This must appear as the very first line of the page.
+=== From the "Search results" page ===
+Use the search box to search for a page. If there is no match, LabVIEW Wiki automatically adds a link to the ''create'' page with which the page can be created.
+== See also ==
+* [[Help:Redirect|Redirect pages]]
+* [[Help:Editing pages|Editing pages]]
+== External links ==
+* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page Starting a new page] (Mediawiki)
+[[Category:Help]]