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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>.
+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.
-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.
+== 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.
-Once the page has been created, the link will change from <span style="color: #ba0000"><u>red</u></span> to<u> black</u></span> (<span style="color: #5a3696;">purple</span> for pages you've visited) indicating that the article now exists.
+Do not create empty pages.
-== Using the URL ==
+== How 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:
+There are multiple ways to create pages on LabVIEW Wiki.
-*<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.
+=== Using Wikilinks ===
+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.
-== From the search page ==
+=== Using an URL ===
-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).
+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.
-== Create redirects to your new page ==
+=== From the "Search results" page ===
-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).
+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.
-An Example of a redirect:
+== See also ==
-[[labview]]
+* [[Help:Redirect|Redirect pages]]
-[[LabVIEW]]
+* [[Help:Editing pages|Editing pages]]
-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.
+== External links ==
+* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page Starting a new page] (Mediawiki)
+[[Category:Help]]