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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, 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".
Documentation and help links:
- Formatting: You can format your text by using wiki markup.
- See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting
- For example:
- See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting
| what you type | to see |
| '''bold''' | bold |
| ''italic'' | italic |
- Adding links: 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 here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Managing_files
- Files (png, gif, jpg, jpeg, webp, pdf, webm, mp4, mp3) can be uploaded, to embed or link-to as required on relevant pages.
- 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
- thumbnail/icon with title list of recently uploaded files.
- All Files
- To Link and Display files see links in bombaywiki left-panel:
- Embedding video from external sites like pandora based https://pad.ma or https://indiancine.ma (https://wiki.pad.ma/wiki/embed)
