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

The Index

is the Main Page which serves as an index to the wiki. It consists of groups of items (person, place, thing, concept, etc), each alphabetically sorted.

• Red links - link created, page is 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, 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 populate. Once complete, "Save Changes".

Help links and Documentation

Formatting text

You can format your text by using wiki markup.

• • See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting
    
  • For example:

Adding links

• Detail documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links

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: 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
    - can be sorted by any field by clicking on field heading.
  • Recent Files
    - list of recently uploaded files, title with thumbnail.

Using files

• To Link and Display files see links in bombaywiki left-panel:
  • Link and Embed PDF
  • [Image_Help|Display Images]]
  • Embed Audio-Video files

Embedding video from external sites

• Pandora based sites (pad.ma or indiancine.ma)