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[edit] Editing Basics

To begin editing an existing page, simply click the "edit" tab at the top of the page.

The important thing to remember about editing entries is that the information is most important, not the formatting. It is quite OK to simply enter plain text into an article. If necessary, someone else can improve the formatting later.

There are a only a few basics to remember when entering plain text.

• Leave a blank line to start a new paragraph.
• Don't leave any blank space at the beginning of a line. That is used to format the text as an example.

This is what happens if you leave a space at the beginning of a line.

You can try out editing a page in the Sandbox

[edit] Links

Links are very important in a wiki. Pages are created via links, and the wiki keeps track of links between pages so you can use the "What links here" option. It is a good idea to turn a reference to anything that you think deserves its own page (e.g. an airport) into a link, even if you don't actually create a page. There is a Wanted Pages page where people can see a list of links to pages that don't exist yet.

To create a link to another page, put double square brackets around the page name.

[[Page Name]]

Links to pages that do not exist appear in red.

To create an external link, simply enter the full URL.

[edit] Location

You can give a page a location using the <geo> tag. This means that it will show up in the Nearby Entries lists, and you can search for other nearby entries and view the location in Google Maps, Mapquest and Google Earth. The location is entered as a latitude and longitude.

<geo>dd mm ss N dd mm ss W</geo>

[edit] Photos and images

To insert a photo in a page, add an Image link:

[[Image:myphoto.jpg]]

It is a good idea to specify a size for the image. The image will be automatically resized when the page is viewed.

[[Image:myphoto.jpg|400px]]

You can view the image in different styles:

• In a frame with a caption

[[Image:myphoto.jpg|Frame|Image caption]]

• Thumbnail with a caption

[[Image:myphoto.jpg|Thumb|Image caption]]

[edit] Photo Gallery

To create a photo gallery, use the <gallery> tag:

<gallery>
Image:Photo1.jpg|Photo 1 caption
Image:Photo2.jpg
...
</gallery>

[edit] Uploading photos

To upload photos, you must create an account and log in. You can then upload photos using the "Upload File" option from the toolbox on the left, or add a link to a non existent image and click on the link to go to the upload page.

[edit] Links to videos on Youtube, GoogleVideo, or DailyMotion

You can put links to videos on these services on a page. The videos have an ID that appears in the URL for the video, eg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-heUc5U63dg. Use this ID with the "videoflash" tag:

• Youtube

<videoflash>-heUc5U63dg</videoflash>

• Google Video

<videoflash type="googlevideo">9999233136844420765</videoflash>

• DailyMotion

<videoflash type="dailymotion">9xyzangoVxQ3rd5NYI</videoflash>

[edit] Creating a Page

There are 2 simple ways to create a page. The first is to create a link from an existing page. A link to a non-existent page appears in red. Click on the link and you can edit the new page. Alternatively, you can enter the name of the new page in the "Create Page" box on the main page of the wiki.

You can use pretty much whatever you like for a page title. A valid URL will be created from the title automatically.

[edit] Templates

These templates are provided to help you start a new page. Use cut and paste to put them into your page. They are for convenience only, feel free to add or delete from them as required.

[edit] Airport Template

<geo>dd mm ss N dd mm ss W</geo>

<ID>xxxx</ID>

Any information you like about the airport here

== At the Airport ==

== Public Transport==

== Car Hire ==

== Accommodation ==

== Local Attractions ==

[[Category:Airport CA]]

[edit] Template for businesses, local attractions etc.

We recommend you enter a location using the <geo> tag so that the entry appears in Nearby Entries lists. This doesn't have to be the precise location, the nearby airport coordinates are OK as long as there is a note that the location is the airport not the actual business.

Located x miles from ...... Airport, Airport location:
<geo>dd mm ss N dd mm ss W</geo>

Add details here...

== Getting there from the airport ==

[edit] Template for trip stories??

You probably don't need a template for this. Simply create the entry using plain text, and format it if necessary from there.

[edit] Wiki Formatting

You can use what is known as Wikitext to format the entries. Most of the time a few simple things are all you will need.

[edit] Headings

Headings are created by putting 2 or more equals signs on each side of the text. More equals signs makes a smaller subsection heading.

== A level 2 heading ==
=== A level 3 heading ===

[edit] Bold and italic

Multiple single quotes around text are used to signal bold and italic. 2 quotes each side italicizes the text. 3 quotes each side bolds the text. You can also use the Bold and Italic buttons at the top of the edit box.

''This text would appear in italics''
'''This text would be bold'''

[edit] Lists

Lists are created by beginning lines with "*" for a bulleted list and "#" for a numbered list.

* This is the first item in a bulleted list
* This is the second item in a bulleted list

# This is the first item in a numbered list
# This is the second item in a numbered list

[edit] Categories

Pages can be added to categories by using the special "Category" link. The link does not show up in the article, but you can use the special categories pages to view articles by category. Articles can have more than one category.

• Add an article to the CA Airports category:

[[Category:CA Airports]]

[edit] More information

For more detailed information about editing and wikitext, see the Mediawiki help pages at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing