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bombaywiki.with.camp is a collaborative, wiki type, subjective encyclopedia of Bombay.
Contents
[hide]The Index
is the Main Page of the wiki. It consists of groups of entities (people, places, organizations, things, concepts, interpretations 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.
- Creating a new entry in index
- 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". You can now add text, add links and embed image/audio/video files. Once complete, "Save Changes".
Help links and Documentation
on how to format text, add links, embed images/audio/video files
Formatting text
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 | text enclosed in | to see |
| '''bold''' | 3 single quotes | bold |
| ''italic'' | 2 single quotes | italic |
- Creating headings within a page
Headings can be level 2-6 (most practically 3-6), created by enclosing text in "=" on a new line ,as per heading level.
Do not put any text on the same line after the ending equal signs.
An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a table of contents.
=== Heading Level 3 === ==== Heading Level 4 ==== ===== Heading Level 5 =====
Adding links
- See detailed documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links
Internal link basic format:
[[target-link|what to display]]
External link basic format:
[[url link-text]]
- Some examples:
| what you type | to see | link type |
| [https://pad.ma] [https://pad.ma/CW] |
[1] [2] |
link to external site, no link-text Multiple links of this type on the same page are numbered sequentially. |
| [https://pad.ma video archive] | a video archive | link to external site, link-text "video archive" |
| [[Anna Bhau Sathe]] | Anna Bhau Sathe | internal link within bombaywiki |
| [[Anna_Bhau_Sathe#SHORT_STORIES|Anna's short stories]] | Anna's short stories | internal link to specific section, hyperlink |
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, click "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.
- All Files
Using files
- To Link and Display files see links in bombaywiki left-panel:
