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==General Wiki Help==
==General Wiki Help==


Please see the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide MediaWiki User's Guide].  If you want to experiment with wiki syntax without editing actual articles, you can use the [[Sandbox]].
Please see the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki Handbook].  If you want to experiment with wiki syntax without editing actual articles, you can use the [[Sandbox]].  You must be logged in to SpottersWiki to create or edit pages.


==Creating a New Article==
==Creating a New Article==
'''''Do not add airport information to a category (continent, country, etc.) page.  Instead, create a new article for the airport if one does not yet exist!'''''


===Create the Page===
===Create the Page===
To create a new article (that is, add information about a '''new''' airport), you will need to start by going to the page that the article will be at, as this will automatically create a blank page.  <br>You can do this by filling in the title of your page after the <tt>title=</tt> portion of the web address in your '''browser's address bar'''. For example, if you are currently at the following page:
To create a new article (that is, add information about a '''new''' airport), visit the [[Help:Start a New Article|Start a New Article]] page, fill in the name of the airport, and click '''Create article'''.
<nowiki>http://www.spotterswiki.com/index.php?title=San_Diego_International_Airport_%28SAN/KSAN%29</nowiki>
 
first erase everything after the <tt>title=</tt>:
For some tips on what to title your new article, see [http://www.spotterswiki.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6 this forum thread].
<nowiki>http://www.spotterswiki.com/index.php?title=</nowiki>
then fill in the name of the article you wish to create:
<nowiki>http://www.spotterswiki.com/index.php?title=Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX)</nowiki>
Note that you do not need to include the _ or special % codes for the parenthesis as they will be converted for you. The format for article names should be:
''airport name'' (''IATA code''/''ICAO code'')


===Use the Newarticle Template===
===Use the Newarticle Template===
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===Create Redirects===
===Create Redirects===
You should also create two Redirects, one for the airport's IATA code and one for the airport's ICAO code, so that people can find the article by typing either of the codes in the search box on the side of every page.  You do this by creating an article named with the code, and adding as the text of the article, the word <tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT</nowiki></tt> and the name of the article on your airport.  For example, to create a redirect from '''LAX''' to the article '''Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX)''', you would add the following as the text of an article named '''LAX''':
You should also create two Redirects, one for the airport's IATA code and one for the airport's ICAO code, so that people can find the article by typing either of the codes in the search box on the side of every page.  You do this by creating an article named with the code, and adding as the text of the article, the word <tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT</nowiki></tt> and the name of the article on your airport.  For example, to create a redirect from '''LAX''' to the article '''Los Angeles International Airport''', you would add the following as the text of an article named '''LAX''':
  <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX)]]</nowiki>
  <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Los Angeles International Airport]]</nowiki>
There is a text box to simplify this on the [[Help:Start a New Article|Start a New Article]] page.


==Adding Links to Sample Photos==
==Adding Links to Sample Photos==
Templates are provided to easily provide links to sample photos hosted at [http://www.airliners.net/ Airliners.net], [http://www.jetphotos.net JetPhotos.net], and [http://www.myaviation.net MyAviation.net].  All you need from each site is the ID number for the photo, and enter it with the appropriate template.  See each template's discussion page for instructions:
Templates are provided to easily provide links to sample photos hosted at [http://www.airfleets.net Airfleets.net], [http://www.airliners.net/ Airliners.net], [http://www.flickr.com Flickr], [http://www.jetphotos.net JetPhotos.net], and [http://www.planepictures.net/ PlanePictures.net/Flugzeugbilder.de].  All you need from each site is the ID number for the photo (and the poster's user ID for Flickr), and enter it with the appropriate template.  See each template's discussion page for instructions:
*Airfleets.net: [[Template_talk:Afleetlink|Afleetlink]]
*Airliners.net: [[Template_talk:Anetlink|Anetlink]]
*Airliners.net: [[Template_talk:Anetlink|Anetlink]]
*Flickr: [[Template_talk:Flickrlink|Flickrlink]]
*JetPhotos.net: [[Template_talk:Jplink|Jplink]]
*JetPhotos.net: [[Template_talk:Jplink|Jplink]]
*MyAviation.net: [[Template_talk:Myavlink|Myavlink]]
*PlanePictures.net/Flugzeugbilder.de: [[Template_talk:Pplink|Pplink]]
 
You may also [[Special:Upload|upload]] your photos directly to SpottersWiki.  The [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files MediaWiki Handbook] has information on how to include images on article pages.


SpottersWiki is not currently hosting any images.  If you need someplace to host your aviation photo to include on this site, you might want to try [http://www.myaviation.net/ MyAviation.net] as they do not reject photos.
==Embedding Maps==
See the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps_examples examples] for the Maps extension for details on how to embed maps on SpottersWiki pages.