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This tutorial presents the mechanics of editing (or creating) an article.  If you are creating an article, and it is your first, please ready about creating your first article.
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This tutorial presents the mechanics of editing (or creating) an article.  If you are creating an article, and it is your first, please read about creating your first article.
 
Civicwiki has attempted to make editing (and creating) articles easy.   
 
Civicwiki has attempted to make editing (and creating) articles easy.   
 
:This tutorial is a detailed set of instructions for using the SemanticWiki form we have created for article creation and editing.   
 
:This tutorial is a detailed set of instructions for using the SemanticWiki form we have created for article creation and editing.   
 
First thing first:  You must be a registered user to edit an article on CW.  To register, [[Special:UserLogin|start here]].
 
First thing first:  You must be a registered user to edit an article on CW.  To register, [[Special:UserLogin|start here]].
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=====Catalog your article:=====
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The window at the top of the form lists all the categories that currently exist, under which you can catalog/assign your article.  To assign it correctly, you must be familiar with the top level categories.  That familiarity can only be obtained by reading the introduction on the portal pages for the top level categories.

Revision as of 15:52, 18 June 2014

This tutorial presents the mechanics of editing (or creating) an article. If you are creating an article, and it is your first, please read about creating your first article. Civicwiki has attempted to make editing (and creating) articles easy.

This tutorial is a detailed set of instructions for using the SemanticWiki form we have created for article creation and editing.

First thing first: You must be a registered user to edit an article on CW. To register, start here.

Catalog your article:

The window at the top of the form lists all the categories that currently exist, under which you can catalog/assign your article. To assign it correctly, you must be familiar with the top level categories. That familiarity can only be obtained by reading the introduction on the portal pages for the top level categories.