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== A quick 'n dirty guide to editing/adding articles. ==
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Hi
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Complaining about Google
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When creating a new page Google automatically hijacks my search instead of letting the Zappa Wiki create a new page!
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Workaround?
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Greetings!
  
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* First up: the top left links are your friends.
 
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** The "discussion" link will lead to a page where you can discuss the current content of an article. Use this if you disagree with (parts of) the article's current content, or if you want to add/edit content but are not sure whether it is appropriate. Consider the discussion link a place for "meta-talk".
 
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** The "edit" link will allow you to edit the article itself - or even create it, in case there was nothing there posted before your addition.
 
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* Adding/editing articles
 
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** Rule of thumb: do a search to see if a page already exists. If it does, edit that page instead of creating your own new page - by using the "edit" link, top left.
 
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** Creating a new page: type the name of your page inbetween two square brackets <nowiki>[[Your Page Title Here]]</nowiki> and it will automagically create a link. If the page you linked to already exists, it will show up in blue; if it doesn't exist yet, it'll show up in red. Again: before adding pages, perform a search to check if the page does not already exist.
 
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** Helpful hint when trying to format a page: have a look at another, already formatted page by clicking that page's "edit" link. It'll show you some of the voodoo used in formatting that page.
 
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** Editing Album pages: Try to format each album page as was done the [[Freak Out!]] page. That means 4 sections:
 
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*** About The Album (track info, release date, label, etc)
 
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*** Players (the musicians featured on the album)
 
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*** Background (more information about the circumstances/zeitgeist in which the album was released)
 
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*** Conceptual Continuity (CC Clues that are hidden within the album)
 
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*** Don't worry if you can't fill out ALL of this information. Just provide these 4 headers, so that others can add to it later. For instance, you might want to add tracknames, without having a clue as to the players, album background or CC (happens to me all the time, heheh). In that case, just create all the headers, and add your information underneath the "About The Album" header.
 
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* To keep up with changes made to articles, click the "[http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges Recent Changes]" link in the navigation box. This page will show you who modified what, and for what reason. It's a convenient way to keep up with where any given page is at any given point.
 
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* Lastly: your IP is logged with every modification you make to any of the pages. I'm sure your intentions are good. If, on the contrary, you consistently prove yourself to be a troll, your IP can and will be banned... but you're not like that, now are you! :)
 
  
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Hi Propellerkuh,
  
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== Creating a new page? ==
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It is not clear what you are doing.
  
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Creating a new page: type the name of your page inbetween two square brackets [[Your Page Title Here]] and it will automagically create a link.
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Try making a new page within double square brackets <nowiki>[[Some New Page]]</nowiki>from an existing page.  Hit the Show Preview button and click the red Some New Page (or whatever you called your page) link which should take you to the edit box for the new page.
  
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Where?  Where do you type the name of a page to create a new page?
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[[User:Duncan|Duncan]] 09:45, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
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My "search" always leads to Google showing me its precious finds in the usual Google Found List, doesnt create a new page. But I work around it by editing a list of articles, then the new link is red, and when clicking that, it creates a new page :-)
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I think I did exactly what you suggest, but Safari and Firefox got a new behavior since last time I added new pages. so wtf
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Got it, facepalm, sorry
  
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NB Replies of "Between two square brackets" will not be accepted :-)
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== upload PDF? ==
  
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[[User:Duncan|Duncan]] 23:53, 9 Apr 2005 (PDT)
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Could we, at least temporarily, add PDF to the file types we may upload?  I describe a file at [[Talk:Pop Chronicles interview]] that we should have here. [[User:PopFanDoug|PopFanDoug]] ([[User talk:PopFanDoug|talk]]) 12:52, 20 June 2019 (PDT)
  
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Could be from any other page... if the link on that other page is relevant to that page, leave it there, otherwise: edit the page by adding your link, save, go to the new page by clicking and afterwards you can always go back and delete the original link. Or, you could use your User page as a starting point. Or, you could create pages by typing them in the url bar - in which case you have to replace spaces with _ (underscores) and watch out for special chars... -- [[User:KillUglyRadio|KillUglyRadio]] 06:14, 10 Apr 2005 (PDT)
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: I think you will need Barry to set that up for you.  If he does not respond here try...
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killuglyradio {at} gmail {dot} com
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:I can host them temporarily and you can link to them from here if that helps.
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[[User:Duncan|Duncan]] ([[User talk:Duncan|talk]]) 16:02, 20 June 2019 (PDT)
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::OK thanks.  I'll email him next week if he doesn't respond.  Otherwise I'll find another place to post it. [[User:PopFanDoug|PopFanDoug]] ([[User talk:PopFanDoug|talk]]) 16:18, 20 June 2019 (PDT)
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::: In the meantime I found a place for [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3h6sZrKvPrcaZa2qllfDiI31jr9Hm7Z/view?usp=sharing the transcript], but I still think we should have a copy posted here. [[User:PopFanDoug|PopFanDoug]] ([[User talk:PopFanDoug|talk]]) 11:12, 22 June 2019 (PDT)

Latest revision as of 10:12, 22 June 2019

Hi Complaining about Google When creating a new page Google automatically hijacks my search instead of letting the Zappa Wiki create a new page! Workaround? Greetings!


Hi Propellerkuh,

It is not clear what you are doing.

Try making a new page within double square brackets [[Some New Page]]from an existing page. Hit the Show Preview button and click the red Some New Page (or whatever you called your page) link which should take you to the edit box for the new page.

Duncan 09:45, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

My "search" always leads to Google showing me its precious finds in the usual Google Found List, doesnt create a new page. But I work around it by editing a list of articles, then the new link is red, and when clicking that, it creates a new page :-)

I think I did exactly what you suggest, but Safari and Firefox got a new behavior since last time I added new pages. so wtf

Got it, facepalm, sorry

upload PDF?

Could we, at least temporarily, add PDF to the file types we may upload? I describe a file at Talk:Pop Chronicles interview that we should have here. PopFanDoug (talk) 12:52, 20 June 2019 (PDT)


I think you will need Barry to set that up for you. If he does not respond here try...

killuglyradio {at} gmail {dot} com

I can host them temporarily and you can link to them from here if that helps.

Duncan (talk) 16:02, 20 June 2019 (PDT)

OK thanks. I'll email him next week if he doesn't respond. Otherwise I'll find another place to post it. PopFanDoug (talk) 16:18, 20 June 2019 (PDT)
In the meantime I found a place for the transcript, but I still think we should have a copy posted here. PopFanDoug (talk) 11:12, 22 June 2019 (PDT)
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