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[[Project Brahma]] is a collaborative project. There are several hundred thousand pages to be created. Since all of us here are volunteers, it is difficult for a small number of people to sit and make most of the entries. Thus, your participation in CREATING species-pages is highly encouraged. Not only will it ease the load of the dedicated volunteers on our side, but also give you a tremendous fulfillment of authorship in this big project (trust us on that!).

That being said, it is also equally true that creating species-pages is not an easy task. There is a small learning curve. But we '''guarantee you''' that if you spend one afternoon on it, you'll be making these entries just as easily as you make documents in MS-Word. To help you accelerate the process, we have created a small tutorial right ahead. Take your time, test out the examples in the '''newusersandbox''' and get ready to document India's biodiversity!

==First things first==
==Explaining the concept of Mediawiki==

==Making elementary text entries==
<pre>
=Heading 1=
==Heading 2==
===Heading 3===
</pre>
==Basics of Wiki Markup==
Mediawiki based websites such as [[Wikipedia]] work with a language called [[w:Wiki Markup|Wiki Markup]]. This language was invented specially to make creating and editing web-pages easy for the common people like us, who do not want to get our hands dirty with learning computer languages. It is a really simple language which makes [[w:hyperlinks|hyperlinking]] easy. Hyperlinking is nothing but linking one word in one article to another article somewhere outside. Lets look at an example:

I want to type the following
<pre>
Bill Gates owns Microsoft
</pre>
But I want the people reading this, who dont know much about Bill Gates and who dont know much about Microsoft, to be able to go to the proper article for knowing that. Something like this:

[[w:Bill Gates|Bill Gates]] owns [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]].

The words in blue are now hyper-linked to their corresponding pages in Wikipedia. How did I do that? The simplest way to hyper-link a word is by adding square brackets around the word. Something like this:
<pre>
[[Bill Gates]] owns [[Microsoft]]
</pre>
Now this would be fine if we had the pages named '''Bill Gates''' and '''Microsoft''' in THIS database. But they are not. They are present on Wikipedia. So, if you just typed as above, it would show you this:

[[Bill Gates]] owns [[Microsoft]]

The red color indicates that those links are broken...there are no pages "Bill Gates" and "Microsoft" in the Brahma database. For pages which have their entries in this database (eg: [[Azolla pinnata]], [[Indian Banyan]]) you could just put a square bracket around the word and you will be done. Like this:
<pre>
[[Azolla pinnata]]
[[Indian Banyan]]
</pre>
But how would you know which entry is present? The trick is to just put a round bracket and see if the word shows up as red or blue when you "Preview" your writeup. If you see it red, you should probably link it to Wikipedia or REDIRECT it.
===Linking to Wikipedia===
For the above example, this is how you link to a wikipedia entry
<pre>
[[w:Bill Gates|Bill Gates]] owns [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]].
</pre>
The first (w:) tells the program to link that word to Wikipedia. The first (Bill Gates) after the (w:) tells the program to link the word after the (|) to that entry on Wikipedia. Notice what happens when I type:
<pre>
Case 1: [[w:Steve Jobs|Bill Gates]] (this will link to entry "Steve Jobs" on Wikipedia)
Case 2: [[w:Indian Ocean|Bill Gates]] (this will link to entry "Indian Ocean" on Wikipedia)
Case 3: [[w:Landmines|Bill Gates]] (this will link to entry "Landmines" on Wikipedia)
</pre>
Case 1: [[w:Steve Jobs|Bill Gates]]

Case 2: [[w:Indian Ocean|Bill Gates]]

Case 3: [[w:Landmines|Bill Gates]]

So tomorrow, if you want to create a link to the word "Pterodiphyte" to Wikipedia, you'd type it as:
<pre>
[[w:pteridophyte|Pteridophye]]
</pre>
If you wanted to link the word "Pteridophyte" to the entry on "Fern", you'd type it as:
<pre>
[[w:fern|Pteridophyte]]
</pre>
Not too bad, right? Its as easy as that. Such links - between this database and Wikipedia - are called '''''Interwiki links'''''. Such links are very powerful. They help you make your database as inter-connected as Wikipedia with minimal efforts.

==Redirecting to Wikipedia==
==Working with Semantic tags==
==Adding references==
==Adding images==
==Making tables==
==Other stuff==

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 That being said, it is also equally true that creating species-pages is not an easy task. There is a small learning curve. But we '''guarantee you''' that if you spend one afternoon on it, you'll be making these entries just as easily as you make documents in MS-Word. To help you accelerate the process, we have created a small tutorial right ahead. Take your time, test out the examples in the '''newusersandbox''' and get ready to document India's biodiversity!
-* For testing out the code in the tutorial below, on the left hand side SEARCH BOX type in <User:YOURUSERNAME/sandbox>. For example, if my username is '''''Brahma'''''. I would type the following:
+For the most concise, most current version, go to [[Editing Help]]
-<pre>
-User:Brahma/sandbox
-</pre>
-* It is recommended that you open 2 windows. One with this tutorial page open and the other with your sandbox open, so that working on examples mentioned here will be easier.
+Do not click on the Next link below. This tutorial is still under construction.
-−
-* One last thing. You will notice a small notepad icon on the right top corner near the log-out link. Try the following to know more about its functionality.
-<pre>
-) Click on EDIT on top of this page.
-) Once the edit window appears, single-click on the notepad icon on top. This enables a functionality called WikiEd, which highlights different sections in the edit window by different colors. Plus it provides several easy wiki-markup tools in the Editing Toolbar. Its sometimes helpful, sometimes its a bit messy.
-) Click on the notepad icon once again to remove the WikiEd functionality.
-) Scroll down to the bottom of the EDIT page and hit CANCEL (DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN THIS TUTORIAL)
-) When you go to your sandbox, choose which-ever interface works best for you.
-</pre>
-−
-All right...so lets get started!! Click on the NEXT link below to move to the next page.
 '''Next:[[Tutorial:Explaining the concept of Wiki]]'''

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 * Only registered users can create pages.
-* For testing out the code in the tutorial below, on the left hand side SEARCH BOX type in <User:YOURUSERNAME/sandbox>. For example, my username is Indlad11. I would type the following:
+* For testing out the code in the tutorial below, on the left hand side SEARCH BOX type in <User:YOURUSERNAME/sandbox>. For example, if my username is '''''Brahma'''''. I would type the following:
 <pre>
-User:Indlad11/sandbox
+User:Brahma/sandbox
 </pre>
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 ) When you go to your sandbox, choose which-ever interface works best for you.
 </pre>
 ==Explaining the concept of Mediawiki==

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	==First things first==		==First things first==
		+	* Only registered users can create pages.
		+
		+	* For testing out the code in the tutorial below, on the left hand side SEARCH BOX type in <User:YOURUSERNAME/sandbox>. For example, my username is Indlad11. I would type the following:
		+	<pre>
		+	User:Indlad11/sandbox
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	* This sandbox is your own page. You can do any testing you want here without affecting the site.
		+
		+	* It is recommended that you open 2 windows. One with this tutorial page open and the other with your sandbox open, so that working on examples mentioned here will be easier.
		+
		+	* One last thing. You will notice a small notepad icon on the right top corner near the log-out link. Try the following to know more about its functionality.
		+	<pre>
		+	1) Click on EDIT on top of this page.
		+	2) Once the edit window appears, single-click on the notepad icon on top. This enables a functionality called WikiEd, which highlights different sections in the edit window by different colors. Plus it provides several easy wiki-markup tools in the Editing Toolbar. Its sometimes helpful, sometimes its a bit messy.
		+	3) Click on the notepad icon once again to remove the WikiEd functionality.
		+	4) Scroll down to the bottom of the EDIT page and hit CANCEL (DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN THIS TUTORIAL)
		+	4) When you go to your sandbox, choose which-ever interface works best for you.
		+	</pre>
		+
	==Explaining the concept of Mediawiki==		==Explaining the concept of Mediawiki==

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 </pre>
-All right...so lets get started!!
+All right...so lets get started!! Click on the NEXT link below to move to the next page.
-==Explaining the concept of Mediawiki==
+                                                                            '''Next:[[Tutorial:Explaining the concept of Wiki]]'''
-−
-==Making elementary text entries==
-<pre>
-=Heading 1=
-==Heading 2==
-===Heading 3===
-</pre>
-==Basics of Wiki Markup==
-Mediawiki based websites such as [[Wikipedia]] work with a language called [[w:Wiki Markup|Wiki Markup]]. This language was invented specially to make creating and editing web-pages easy for the common people like us, who do not want to get our hands dirty with learning computer languages. It is a really simple language which makes [[w:hyperlinks|hyperlinking]] easy. Hyperlinking is nothing but linking one word in one article to another article somewhere outside. For example, lets say I want to type the following:
-<pre>
-Bill Gates owns Microsoft
-</pre>
-But I want the people reading this, who dont know much about Bill Gates and who dont know much about Microsoft, to be able to go to the proper article for knowing that. Something like this:
-−
-[[w:Bill Gates|Bill Gates]] owns [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]].
-−
-The words in blue are now hyper-linked to their corresponding pages in Wikipedia. How did I do that? The simplest way to hyper-link a word is by adding square brackets around the word. Something like this:
-<pre>
-[[Bill Gates]] owns [[Microsoft]]
-</pre>
-Now this would be fine if we had the pages named '''Bill Gates''' and '''Microsoft''' in THIS database. But they are not. They are present on Wikipedia. So, if you just typed as above, it would show you this:
-−
-[[Bill Gates]] owns [[Microsoft]]
-−
-The red color indicates that those links are broken...there are no pages "Bill Gates" and "Microsoft" in the Brahma database. For pages which have their entries in this database (eg: [[Azolla pinnata]], [[Indian Banyan]]) you could just put a square bracket around the word and you will be done. Like this:
-<pre>
-[[Azolla pinnata]]
-[[Indian Banyan]]
-</pre>
-But how would you know which entry is present? The trick is to just put a round bracket and see if the word shows up as red or blue when you "Preview" your writeup. If you see it red, you should probably link it to Wikipedia or REDIRECT it.
-===Linking to Wikipedia===
-For the above example, this is how you link to a wikipedia entry
-<pre>
-[[w:Bill Gates|Bill Gates]] owns [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]].
-</pre>
-The first (w:) tells the program to link that word to Wikipedia. The first (Bill Gates) after the (w:) tells the program to link the word after the (|) to that entry on Wikipedia. Notice what happens when I type:
-<pre>
-Case 1: [[w:Steve Jobs|Bill Gates]]  (this will link to entry "Steve Jobs" on Wikipedia)
-Case 2: [[w:Indian Ocean|Bill Gates]]  (this will link to entry "Indian Ocean" on Wikipedia)
-Case 3: [[w:Landmines|Bill Gates]]  (this will link to entry "Landmines" on Wikipedia)
-</pre>
-Case 1: [[w:Steve Jobs|Bill Gates]]
-−
-Case 2: [[w:Indian Ocean|Bill Gates]]
-−
-Case 3: [[w:Landmines|Bill Gates]]
-−
-So tomorrow, if you want to create a link to the word "Pterodiphyte" to Wikipedia, you'd type it as:
-<pre>
-[[w:pteridophyte|Pteridophye]]
-</pre>
-If you wanted to link the word "Pteridophyte" to the entry on "Fern", you'd type it as:
-<pre>
-[[w:fern|Pteridophyte]]
-</pre>
-Not too bad, right? Its as easy as that. Such links - between this database and Wikipedia - are called '''''Interwiki links'''''. Such links are very powerful. They help you make your database as inter-connected as Wikipedia with minimal efforts.
-−
-===Redirecting to Wikipedia===
-−
-==Working with Semantic tags==
-==Adding references==
-==Adding images==
-==Making tables==
-==Other stuff==