Difference between revisions of "Help:Page structure"

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General guidelines on page structure.

Top
- Start the page with a one sentence statement of what the page is - highlighting the main term if it is the same as the page name.
- For a large page - introduce the page with a simple overview
- If the page is one of a set - provide a link to the more general page.
Body
- Include links to other wiki pages.
- Add a link on the first reference, but not the rest.
- Do not overload the main text with links which leave the wiki.
Tail
- Add any general links at the end of the page with a heading such as More (or Links or See also).
- Have links within the wiki first, then any links to web sites elsewhere.
- External links should probably be left raw (without square brackets), but can be followed with some explanatory text.
- The links should be a bulleted list (lines start with a *).

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 General [[Help:Guidelines|guidelines]] on '''page structure'''.
-* Start the page with a one sentence statement of what the page is - highlighting the main term if it is the same as the page name.
+* Top
-* Introduce the page with a simple overview or provide a link "up" to a more general page within the same subject area.
+** Start the page with a one sentence statement of what the page is - highlighting the main term if it is the same as the page name.
-* Do not overload the main text with links which leave the wiki.
+** For a large page - introduce the page with a simple overview
-* Add any links to web sites elsewhere, at the end of the page with a heading such as '''More''' or '''Links''' or '''See also'''.
+** If the page is one of a set - provide a link to the more general page.
+* Body
+** Include links to other wiki pages.
+** Add a link on the first reference, but not the rest.
+** Do not overload the main text with links which leave the wiki.
+* Tail
+** Add any general links at the end of the page with a heading such as '''More''' (or '''Links''' or '''See also''').
+** Have links within the wiki first, then any links to web sites elsewhere.
+** External links should probably be left raw (without square brackets), but can be followed with some explanatory text.
+** The links should be a bulleted list (lines start with a *).
 ==More==
 {{HelpGuidelines}}