Howto:How to create new articles

First: Search the existing aricles

Before creating a new article, look first if your subject has been already covered in another article. It is always better to edit an existing article, than to create a new one.

Second: Create a new article

Please read the following rules, before creating an article.

Templates

Currently there are different templates for new articles. To use an template you must first choose the right category for your new article. Here a short example: You want to write a new Howto article. Go to the wiki page Create New Page and use the textbox howto to type in your new article name. Please do not delete the already inserted "Howto: " . This detemines in which namespace your new article will be created. Click on the create article button and you will be dircted to your new page. However keep in mind that the templates are not obligatory. If you think your new articles doesn't need all the points inserted by the template, fell free to modify them.

The article title

Article names should contain normal words or phrases. For example use "SIP Provider Compatibility Report" instead of an abbreviated form like "SIPCompatRep". Normally a user will look for keywords like "Provider" or "Compatibility". If you use an abreviated title the mediawiki search engine will not find a matching article.

The article text

Don't use abbreviations shorter than two letters. For example use "compact flash" instead of "CF". The mediawiki search engine will not search strings shorter than two characters.

wiki links

If you want to link to other articles in this wiki, use if possible intra-wiki links instead of externeal links. Example:

• Good

[[ Create_New_Page | Create New Page]]

• Bad

[http://wiki.innovaphone.com/index.php?title=Create_New_Page Create New Page]

In some cases you might find it usefull to link to a entire category of pages. You can do this by using category links. Example:

[[:Category:Compat|Compatibility Articles here]]

watchlist

If you think an article very essential content and want to stay informed about every change made to this page, you can use the watchlist feature. To add a page to your watchlist, just use the link "watch" on top of the page.