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==How to Edit== | |||
===Step 1: Become a user=== | |||
==Step 1: Become a user== | |||
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==Step 2: Learn how to edit== | ===Step 2: Learn how to edit=== | ||
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==How to Add A Picture== | |||
# Upload the picture here: [[Special:Upload]] | |||
# Go to the page you want to add a picture and click the picture icon (fifth icon) and follow instructions. OR type in <pre>[[Image:filename.png|right|200px]]</pre> where filename is replaced by the correct filename, right is the side of the page the image should appear, and 200 is the picture width. | |||
== How to Change Page Titles == | == How to Change Page Titles == | ||
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Halachipedia adopts the "Title case" for its style of capitalizing page and section titles. The rules of "Title case" are as follows: | Halachipedia adopts the "Title case" for its style of capitalizing page and section titles. The rules of "Title case" are as follows: | ||
* Capitalize the first and last word in a title, regardless of part of speech | * Capitalize the first and last word in a title, regardless of part of speech | ||
* Capitalize all nouns (baby, country, picture), pronouns (you, she, it), verbs (walk, think, dream), adjectives (sweet, large, perfect), adverbs (immediately, quietly), and subordinating conjunctions (as, because, although) | * Capitalize all nouns (baby, country, picture), pronouns (you, she, it, which), verbs (walk, think, dream), adjectives (sweet, large, perfect), adverbs (immediately, quietly), and subordinating conjunctions (as, because, although) | ||
* | * Lowercase all articles (a, the), prepositions (to, of, at, in, with, on, during, into), and coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so) | ||
* Lowercase “to” as part of an infinitive. | * Lowercase “to” as part of an infinitive. | ||
* "That" should be capitalized whether it is used as a pronoun (referring to a person, place, or thing, such as "''that'' is the halacha"), relative pronoun (beginning a subordinate clause that shares an argument with the main clause, such as "[[Melacha That Begins Before Shabbat]]"), or a subordinating conjunction (introducing clause about the subject, such as "the halacha is ''that'' it is permitted"). | * "That" should be capitalized whether it is used as a pronoun (referring to a person, place, or thing, such as "''that'' is the halacha"), relative pronoun (beginning a subordinate clause that shares an argument with the main clause, such as "[[Melacha That Begins Before Shabbat]]"), or a subordinating conjunction (introducing clause about the subject, such as "the halacha is ''that'' it is permitted"). | ||
For example: How to Edit Halachipedia (all words capitalized except “to,” which is part of an infinitive). <br>See [http://www.dailywritingtips.com/rules-for-capitalization-in-titles/ Dailywritingtips.com for details.] | # For example: How to Edit Halachipedia (all words capitalized except “to,” which is part of an infinitive). <br>See [http://www.dailywritingtips.com/rules-for-capitalization-in-titles/ Dailywritingtips.com for details.] | ||
# For example: "Telling a Non-Jew on [[Shabbat]] to Work After [[Shabbat]]" all words are capitalized except for: a (article), on (preposition), and to (infinitive). | |||
==Capitalizing Hebrew Words== | |||
In general, the capitalization depends on whatever would be capitalized in English. | |||
# Rule 1: The first word of a sentence is always capitalized | |||
# Rule 2: A proper noun is capitalized. A proper noun is a name for an specific person, place, or organization. | |||
## For example, Shabbat is a proper noun just like Saturday would be and should be capitalized. However, a bracha should be lowercase just like a blessing is a noun and is lowercase, though, Birchot HaTorah would be capitalized for that matter. | |||
## Another example, is that the word 'rishonim' (Medeval commentators) shouldn't be capitalized, but Tosfot should be since it refers to a specific group of French rabbis living in the Twelfth century. | |||
==Page Classification== | ==Page Classification== | ||
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Currently, we're using reference highlights with a little CSS to make it easier to find which footnote you are up to. See the [[Mediawiki:Vector.css]] page for that code. | Currently, we're using reference highlights with a little CSS to make it easier to find which footnote you are up to. See the [[Mediawiki:Vector.css]] page for that code. | ||
==How | ==How to Categorize a Page== | ||
The categorization system is very useful for organizational purposes. At the bottom of every page should be a category link. All you have to do is add the following at the bottom of a page: <nowiki>[[Category:Category_Name]]</nowiki>.<br> | The categorization system is very useful for organizational purposes. At the bottom of every page should be a category link. All you have to do is add the following at the bottom of a page: <nowiki>[[Category:Category_Name]]</nowiki>.<br> | ||
The next question is how to create a Category. Simple. | The next question is how to create a Category. Simple. | ||
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Here's an example of a Category page: [[Category:Chanukah]]. | Here's an example of a Category page: [[Category:Chanukah]]. | ||
==Get Halachipedia Offline== | |||
# See [[Get Halachipedia Offline]] | |||
==Links for More Coding Help== | ==Links for More Coding Help== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup Cheatsheet] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Wiki Markup Cheatsheet] | ||
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Wiki] | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Wiki Formatting Help Page] | ||
