How to Edit Halachipedia

Wiki coding is relatively simple to learn and use, but it's not always so intuitive, and so it would be a good idea to first read some very brief help guides before adding content.

Step 1: Create a New Page

• Unlike most websites whereby you create a new page and subsequently connect the new page to the main site via a link, in a wiki you first have to create the link and then the page. When you create the link, it will be to a blank page. Then when you click on this blank page, it will give you the option of adding content, so that it’s no longer blank.
• Therefore, the first thing to do is decide where your halachik article would belong within our topical categories as displayed on the left sidebar.
  • For instance, “The Laws of Shema” would fall within the “Prayer” category.
• Next, you need to create the link. To do this, click the edit tab towards the top of the page. From here you’ll see a large editable text box with all sorts of strange looking coding symbols. Find where you should add your link and surround the title with double brakets
  • For instance [[Laws of Shema]] = Laws of Shema
• A red link means that it's an empty page, which you can then click on and add content

Step 2: Adding Content

• To make a simple page, there are really only a few codes you should know

1. Subtopics have == before and after ==
2. Bullet points use the asterisk sign *
3. Numbers use the pound sign #
4. References require two things:
   1. Each individual reference needs <ref> before and </ref> afterwards
   2. And, at the very bottom of the page, you must include: ==Notes== <references/>

Here's an example:

According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref>
The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref>R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>

==Notes==
<references/>