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Creating Pages

1. Search to see whether someone has written a similar page before you start one yourself. Choose the title carefully.
2. If the page you have searched for does not exist, you will given the opportunity to Create the page on this wiki!
3. Once you've created the page, you may begin editing.

Categories

To add an item to an existing category add [[Category:Category Name]] to the page.

[[Category:Isqat al-Nizam]]
[[Category:Biographical Dictionary of the Egyptian Revolution, 2011]]

Items may be included in several categories. To create subcategories, enter additional categories to the wiki page in hierarchical order. Enter the following:

[[Category:Category Name]]

[[Category:Subcategory Name]]

[[Category:Isqat al-Nizam]]
[[Category:Political Figures]]

Headings

1. ==Heading==

   Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them.

2. ===Subheading===

   Using more "equals" (=) signs creates a subsection.

3. ====Smaller Subheading====

   Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs.

Links

External Links

An external link can be added using the following methods:

• target: http://www.aucegypt.edu/ is rendered as http://www.aucegypt.edu/.
• [ target label ], with a blank space in between: [http://www.aucegypt.edu/ American University in Cairo] gives American University in Cairo.
• [ target ] - these are automatically labeled with serial numbers 1, 2, 3, ...: [http://www.aucegypt.edu/] gives [1]

Internal Links

Link to other pages in the wiki using brackets and the papge name. For example, use [[American University in Cairo]] link to the page that exactly matches that American University in Cairo.

Lists

Code	Example
# ''Numbered lists'' are: ## Very organized ## Easy to follow A newline marks the end of the list. # New numbering starts with 1.	Numbered lists are: Very organized Easy to follow A newline marks the end of the list. New numbering starts with 1.
* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars indicate a deeper level. *: Previous item continues. ** A newline	Unordered lists are easy to do: Start every line with a star. More stars indicate a deeper level. Previous item continues. A newline
;Word :Definition of the word ;A word :Which has a definition :Also a second definition :And even a third	Word Definition of the word A word Which has a definition Also a second definition And even a third

Images

To add an image to your wiki article:

1. Click on the Upload file link listed under the Toolbox heading on the left.
2. Choose the file you'd like to add.
3. You may also add a file summary or edit the file name.
4. Click on the Upload file button at the bottom of the page.

To include a file in a page, use a link in one of the following forms:

• [[File:File.jpg]]

  Inserts the full size version of the image in to your wiki article.

• [[File:File.png|200px|thumb|left|alt text]]

  Inserts a 200 pixel wide rendition in a box in the left margin with 'alt text' as description.

• [[Media:File.ogg]]

  Directly links to your file without displaying it in your wiki article.

Use your file's name, in place of File.jpg, File.png, or File.ogg.

Tables

Code

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Header 1
! Header 2
! Header 3
|-
| row 1, cell 1
| row 1, cell 2
| row 1, cell 3
|-
| row 2, cell 1
| row 2, cell 2
| row 2, cell 3
|-
| row 3, cell 1
| row 3, cell 2
| row 3, cell 3
|}

Example

Header 1	Header 2	Header 3
row 1, cell 1	row 1, cell 2	row 1, cell 3
row 2, cell 1	row 2, cell 2	row 2, cell 3
row 3, cell 1	row 3, cell 2	row 3, cell 3

References

This method gathers the notes at a single position marked with the <references/> tag. If used multiple times, only the first works.

• <ref>Reference text</ref>

  Produces a reference mark linking to the reference text, provided that the tag <references/> mentioned below is present on the page.

• <ref name="id">Reference text</ref>

  Ditto; also assigns a name to the reference text; the quotes are only needed if id contains spaces or special characters.

• <ref name="id"/>

  Produces a reference mark linking to a reference text defined before.

• <references/>

  Inserts a list of reference texts, each preceded by a list of links to the positions in the page linking to the text; this applies for all texts inside <ref> tags in the wikitext of the page.

Examples of References

The only reference to Excel For Dummies.

The first reference to Perry's Handbook.

The second reference to Perry's Handbook.   

The third reference to Perry's Handbook.

Example of Reference List

More Information

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