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To add a new item, go back to the Main Page and choose "Current Chance News". This will bring up a  page with the names of the articles  in the current chance news  and a series of "items" for additional  contributions.
The basic unit of any Wiki is the page. To make additions or changes to a page choose "edit" from the top of the page and make the desired additions or changes.  Then choose "Show preview" from the bottom of the page.You will see two boxes. The top box will show what the page will look like with your additions or changes and, the bottom box has the source where you can make additional changes if necessary. In the Summary box at the bottom of the edit page indicate the type of changes you made or its name if you added an article. When satisfied that your additions or changes are o.k. choose "Save page".  


Choose "edit" from the top this page. Go to the first available "item"  and replace "item x" by a name for your contribution. This can be  the name of  the article or if you have a better name you can use it. Then choose "Show Preview" from the bottom of the page and see if it is o.k. If so choose "Save page" from the bottom of the  page  and you will have added your title to the table of  contents for  Current Chance News.
The "history" at the top of a page has links to all versions of the page with its summary to help identify it. This makes it possible to revert to an earlier version of the page if someone adds nonsense.


Then click on your title and a new page for this article  will come up. Choose "edit" from the top of this page
To add a new article to Current Chance News, choose a name for your article. This can be the name used by the news media or a name chosen by you. Then from the Main Page choose "Current Chance News". Using "edit" add the the name for your article to the list of the previous names using the same format as the previous names. Note that we do not put a period at the end of the name.  Then check it with "Show Previous" and when it is o.k. choose "Save Page".


Then  choose "edit" from the top of the page and put in the name of the article, the newspaper or journal where it appeared and the date and the author. Use the following format:
Now click on the name of your article and a blank page will come up. Using edit, add your comments to the page.  Use "Show preview" to check your article. Put the name of the article in the Summary box. When you are satisfied with it choose "Save page".  


Replace the first available "item" in the table of contents by a title for your aarticle.  It does not have to be the title  of the article itself if this is too long. Then check choose "Show preview" from the bottom of the page to see if it is o.k. . If so choose "save" from the bottom of the page.  Choose "edit" from the top of the page and type in our contribution. Then again preview it and if it is o.k. save it and we will have a new item in the current chance news. Use edit, preview and save in the same way to make changes in an existing Chance News item. Please give a brief description of change you made in the summary statement at the bottom of the page.
If you find a chance article and don't want to write about it you can mention this in the Main Page "discussion" and perhaps someone else will write about it.  


If you wish to discuss one of  the articles or any aspect of the chancewiki leave your comments in the "discussion"  page at the top of your current page.
For further help in editing a page, including how to add pictures, links, special characters, etc., choose "Help" from the side box or click [http://chance.dartmouth.edu/chancewiki/index.php/Help:Contents  here].
 
For further information about how to add a page choose "help" from the side bar.

Latest revision as of 01:04, 19 April 2005

The basic unit of any Wiki is the page. To make additions or changes to a page choose "edit" from the top of the page and make the desired additions or changes. Then choose "Show preview" from the bottom of the page.You will see two boxes. The top box will show what the page will look like with your additions or changes and, the bottom box has the source where you can make additional changes if necessary. In the Summary box at the bottom of the edit page indicate the type of changes you made or its name if you added an article. When satisfied that your additions or changes are o.k. choose "Save page".

The "history" at the top of a page has links to all versions of the page with its summary to help identify it. This makes it possible to revert to an earlier version of the page if someone adds nonsense.

To add a new article to Current Chance News, choose a name for your article. This can be the name used by the news media or a name chosen by you. Then from the Main Page choose "Current Chance News". Using "edit" add the the name for your article to the list of the previous names using the same format as the previous names. Note that we do not put a period at the end of the name. Then check it with "Show Previous" and when it is o.k. choose "Save Page".

Now click on the name of your article and a blank page will come up. Using edit, add your comments to the page. Use "Show preview" to check your article. Put the name of the article in the Summary box. When you are satisfied with it choose "Save page".

If you find a chance article and don't want to write about it you can mention this in the Main Page "discussion" and perhaps someone else will write about it.

For further help in editing a page, including how to add pictures, links, special characters, etc., choose "Help" from the side box or click here.

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