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{{PD Help Page}}
{{PD Help Page}}
There are several ways to start a new page
There are several ways to start a new page
== Page Names Rules ==
Before knowing how to make pages, we'll tell which names are valid or not. Please follow these guidelines, it will ease everyone's life. The goal is to avoid conflicts and duplicate pages for same idea.
About case in titles :
* The first letter will always be an uppercase letter. If you put a lowercase, it'll be converted into uppercase.
* When a page doesn't exist, please always click on search link to be sure that page doesn't exist with another case.
* All words should start with a capital letter (WindowsTans) - that allows to differentiate words.
* All acronyms should be in capital letters. (Acronym : letters that stand for a word) (Windows95OSR25)
* Never use other than alphanumerical chars : a-z A-Z 0-9 ( - _ are never used then)
* The dot . is used to separate numbers or for floating numbers. (and only for that)
Note : the special chars can be used if they are legitimate part of a name :
* C-Chan, or any nick or name that contains a minus sign -
* Any email (i wonder why an email would be a page but... would be Admin@ostan-collections.net in that case, notice emails are all lowercase but the first letter)
* It would be also correct if it's used for suffixes (like http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/-Tan ) or prefixes (like http://ostan-collections.net/wiki/Prefix- )


== Using Wikilinks ==
== Using Wikilinks ==
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== From the search page ==
== From the search page ==
If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and 'go' button on the left of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.  (Note that this technique doesn't work if you use the 'search' button).
If you search for a page that doesn't exist (using the search box and 'go' button on the left of the page) then you will be provided with a link to create the new page.  (Note that this technique doesn't work if you use the 'search' button).
== Using the Inputbox extension ==
{{Admin tip|tip=You need to download and install the [[meta:Inputbox|inputbox extension]] for this method to work.}}
If the Inputbox extension is available on the wiki you can start a new page by typing in your article's name and clicking the create article button, as in the example below.
{| align=center style=border:1px solid black width=60%
|
inputbox
type=create
width=45
/inputbox
|}


== Create redirects to your new page ==  
== Create redirects to your new page ==  
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== Protect your new page ==  
== Protect your new page ==  
If desired, once you create your new page, you should protect the page and allow only the type of users you would like to edit the page.
If desired, once you create your new page, you should protect the page and allow only the type of users you would like to edit the page.
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