Amateur Theatre Wiki:Help

Creating new articles workflow

1. Create the new Wikipage. You can do this, for example, by searching for your page name, and clicking the appearing red link on the results page.
2. You can now start writing your article. It doesn't have to be perfect and in a finished state from the beginning.
3. Save your article by clicking on the blue save changes button.
4. A window will appear where you can briefly summarize what you have edited (e.g. " added a link" or "created a new article").
5. Click again on "save changes" and you are done.

Article types and their structure

There are seven types of articles:

• People
• Venues
• Productions and Performances
• Clubs, Societies and Institutions
• Plays
• Music
• Dance

the article types mentioned follow a certain structure, which is shown in the following.

Article types	Layout of the article	Example article
People
Venues
Production and Performances	History Repertoire Publications Directors Actors References	Löfholmen’s Theatre Society
Clubs, Societies and Institutions
Plays
Music
Dance

Uploading images

You can either upload images on this Wiki directly by:

1. Prepare the file on your computer in its final format. Make sure the file is exactly as you want it.
2. In the sidebar, under "tools", click "Upload file".
3. Click "Browse" next to the "Source filename:” to locate the file on your computer. (The "browse" button may have a different label depending on your web browser).
4. Change the "Destination filename:" to something descriptive, if necessary.
5. Fill in the "Summary", if necessary.
6. Click the "Upload file" button.

If it is a large file, you may need to wait several seconds for the upload to complete.

OR

Upload images on Wikimedia Commons and use them in your articles.

Embedding an image to an article

For information on how to embed an image, see Help:Images.