Basic Instructions

Creating a new page:

Basic Steps

• Put the new page name in the search bar. (Really!)
• Click on the name in the search results where it prompts to Create the page "_____" on this wiki!
• Insert Template, if appropriate (see below).
• Type in text as desired.
• Insert images (see below).

• Add relevant categories - Category:People, Category:Vatavian, Category:Scribe, etc.
  • Put double-square brackets [[ around the Category:Name command, then closed-double-square brackets.
  • More information on Categories below
• Save the new page.
• Click on any new categories you created and make sure they're not orphans, i.e. their parent categories are correct.

Uploading images:

You have to be logged into your account to upload images

• Open the "Upload File" button in the left toolbar in a separate tab
• Follow the instructions in the window to upload the desired image
  • Permitted file types: png, gif, jpg, jpeg, webp.
• Cut and Paste the image file name (Image.gif, etc. ) into the appropriate area of the page being edited
  • [[File:Sample.gif]]
  • Recommend align to the right: [[File:Sample.gif|right]]
  • If need to change the image size and add a caption: [[File:Sample.gif|right|150px|Sample Image]]

Common Codes

• Headers use =Text= . Multiple = indicate lower ranks of subheader.
• Bullet points use * . Multiple * will indent the point further.
• Italics is ''text'' (double single-quotes)
• Bold is '''text''' (triple single-quotes)
• Underline is <u>text</u>
• Links:
  • Inserting the URL "naked" will make the URL text a clickable link, example: http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
  • Putting the URL in single brackets followed by text, will make that text a clickable link, example: The Ordinary
  • Internal links are the name of the page surrounded by double brackets, example: Main Page
  • Internal links to category pages need an extra colon [[:Category:Toys]], to get the link Category:Toys

Templates:

• Name Consults - Template:Name Consults - documentation notes for name consults
• Name Consults - Template:Armory Consults - documentation notes for armory consults
• Name Consults - Template:Full Consults - documentation notes for name and armory consults

To use a template:

• Open a new page like you normally would.
  • (Search for "Jane Doe" and click on the name in the "Create the page "Jane Doe" on this wiki!" link.)
• In the edit box, put the code {{subst:Name}}, or other Template name as appropriate.
• Save the page without any other coding
• This will substitute in the Template text.
• Re-open the article for editing to fill in the blanks.

Categories/Subcategories:

• Categories and subcategories are used in MediaWiki to organize pages together much like tags were used on wikispaces.
• Categories are case-sensitive.

Major categories are:

• Names - information on documenting and submitting names in the SCA. Subcategories for:
  • Culture (English, French, etc.),
  • Meaning (flower, water, battle, etc.),
  • Lingual Mixes (?)
  • Others?
• Armory - information related to arms, devices, badges. Subcategories include:
  • Tinctures - colors, metals, furs and their combinations
  • Fields - field divisions, field treatments
  • Charges - ordinaries, animate charges, inanimate charges
• References - tools and standard SCA heraldry references. Subcategories:
  • Consulting Tools - information on conflict checking, searches, etc. (Category:Tools)
  • Administrative Handbook
  • Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory (SENA)
  • Heraldic Primers/Articles (Primers)
  • Rules Articles (Articles)
  • Kingdom - information about SCA Kingdoms: contacts, principal heralds, heraldry
  • Awards - cross-reference under relevant Kingdom
  • History - ?

A few subcategories may fall under more than one category/subcategory. For example, Golden Calon Swan is a subcategory of Awards, but also a subcategory of Calontir.

MediaWiki automatically makes a Category page for any category assigned to a page.

Categories are assigned by putting the relevant code at the bottom of the page:

• Using the text editor, [[Category:Name]]

Many pages will belong to multiple categories, and each category needs it's own bracketed command.

• For example, Golden Calon Swan is Category:Awards, Category:Calontir

The same code is use to create category trees.

• So the page Category:Awards would have the code for Category:References at the bottom.