General Help
Please note that in order to create a new page or edit an existing wiki article, you must be a logged-in member of the society.
Before creating a new article, it is a good practice to make sure that one doesn’t already exist by using the search function (left-hand side column). If you know that the article doesn’t exist, then you may want to use the “create or find page” field (also on the left). If the page exists, you will be taken to it; otherwise, you will be taken to a blank page where you can then click on the “edit” tab to compose the article. Please note, though, that entering a page name will turn up an article only if the article’s page name is an exact match. The search, on the other hand, will do a general search.
Formatting in wiki articles
This wiki uses special syntax in order to handle various types of content. There is syntax associated with instructing the wiki about what category the article belongs to, and syntax for text formatting. The so-called markup language used for text formating is called “textile”1.
You can learn more about Textile at the author’s web site, which allows you to experiment with the various text formatting strings, or you could also look at or play with the try me page.
Before creating your first article, please read the information on this wiki’s article style conventions. Also, article editing contains some information on special fields used when revising an existing piece.
Notes
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_(markup_language)
