There are generally three ways to start a new mini wiki for your school or university. The instructions below use "university", but all apply to other educational establishments as well.
Start a new mini wiki[]
In the following hints, Name_of_University has to be substituted with the actual term used for your school or university.
Three options[]
1. Create a mini wiki on your own
- This very free option is only recommended for experienced users.
- Do this under the Students Wikia's naming scheme (see below).
2. Copy the basic example page
- This is an easy option for skilled users.
- Have a look at Example University and manually copy, what you think is useful.
3. Use the mini wiki template
- This option is recommended for wiki beginners.
- Create a page (use the box on the Main Page) named
Name of University
and then just type in{{subst:University-Wiki|Name of University}}
- preview and click "save page". - Name of University must be exact and written the same way in both cases. Please do not use all upper case.
- This will add a neat portal-looking table with some general structure on to your page. See the template for a general impression of how this will look. You can then adapt your new mini wiki according to your needs; change photos, colours, the structure and so on.
Naming Scheme for mini wikis[]
- The "main page" or "portal" of a mini wiki has to be named clearly and simply (Name_of_University).
- Create a page
Category:Name_of_University
- see Category:Example University. - Add
[[Category:Name of University]]
to the bottom of all (sub) pages of your mini wiki.