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[https://bombaywiki.with.camp bombaywiki.with.camp] is a collaborative, wiki type, subjective encyclopedia of Bombay.
 
[https://bombaywiki.with.camp bombaywiki.with.camp] is a collaborative, wiki type, subjective encyclopedia of Bombay.
  
* Red links - link created, page auto-created by clicking on a red link, to then be populated and edited.
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* Red links - link created, page auto-created by clicking on a red link, to then be populated.
 
* Blue links - links to pages already populated, open to editing.
 
* Blue links - links to pages already populated, open to editing.
  
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=== Documentation and help links: ===
 
=== Documentation and help links: ===
  
* Formatting: You can format your text by using wiki markup.<br>See (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting)<br>
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* Formatting: You can format your text by using wiki markup.<br>
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See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting<br>
  <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki>
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Example: '''bold''' is 3 single quotes enclosing text
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<nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki>
  
 
* Adding links: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links
 
* Adding links: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links

Revision as of 20:13, 20 November 2017

bombaywiki.with.camp is a collaborative, wiki type, subjective encyclopedia of Bombay.

  • Red links - link created, page auto-created by clicking on a red link, to then be populated.
  • Blue links - links to pages already populated, open to editing.

To contribute:

  • Register on bombaywiki.with.camp: Top-right, click "Guest" -> "Create Account"
  • Send us an email to grant you edit access to the wiki, mention your username
  • Entries are to be added alphabetically per section to the main page which serves as an index of the site.
    • Each entry on this page is a link to a page of that name.
    • For example to create a new entry called "New Entry", click "Edit" on top, scroll to appropriate heading and alpahabetical position.
    • Type as below then 'Save':
  [[New Entry]]<br>
    • This creates a link. Click on it, you will see this message:
"There is currently no text in this page. You can search for this page title in other pages, search the related logs, or create this page"
    • Click on "create this page" and and populate. Once complete, "Save Changes".


Documentation and help links:

  • Formatting: You can format your text by using wiki markup.
See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting
Example: bold is 3 single quotes enclosing text '''bold'''
  • Uploading files:
    • Files (png, gif, jpg, jpeg, webp, pdf, webm, mp4, mp3) can be uploaded, to embed or link-to as required on relevant pages.
    • Filename should be complete and informative. (example: Books should have author, title, publication year in the title)
    • Prepare the file, go to "Upload File" button, top-left on bombaywiki.
    • Add useful information in the "Summary" section of the upload file form - a blurb, tags, or metadata like Book Author, etc.
    • More help here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Managing_files
  • To find uploaded files see these links in bombaywiki left-panel:
    • All Files - list of all files uploaded to the wiki in a tabular format with title, metadata, description visible
    • Recent Files - thumbnail/icon with title list of recently uploaded files.