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Contents 1 Adding a new page 1.1 Sandbox 2 Editing pages 2.1 The quick answer: 2.2 The longer answer: 3 Tips 4 Images in text 4.1 Image attributes 5 Citation 6 Help with using this wiki 6.1 LaTeX 7 Help with Discussion 8 Help with style and page layout 9 Making a great research page 10 Help with writing category introductions 11 Learn some wiki jargon 12 Setting user time zone 13 See also

Adding a new page

• How to make a new page

Sandbox

Editing pages

The quick answer:

1. Register/Login
2. Go to the page you would like to change and click 'edit' tab at the top
3. Make changes in the editor, then click 'Save page'

Done!

The longer answer:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup]

Tips

See our Help:Tips page for some advanced strategies and uses of the ResearchID.org wiki.

Images in text

A simpler way to include images as you type:

1. Type the name of the image in wiki format [[Image:desired file name.jpg]]
2. Save the page
3. Click the red link, which takes you to the upload page with that name prefilled
4. Click the browse button to select the file on your local disk
5. Click the upload button.

Done!

Image attributes

• Image help at meta.wikimedia.org
• Navigational image help at meta.wikimedia.org
• Navigational image help at wikipedia.org

Citation

Original content is highly encouraged. If it is not your work, always cite it in order to share resources with other's. Original research should be cited as such.

Help with using this wiki

For editing and other mechanical uses, refer to the people who made this crazy awesome wiki: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents.

LaTeX

For help with LaTeX formulas, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Formula at the Wikipedia site.

Help with Discussion

Communication and collaboration among ResearchID.org members is highly encouraged. Click the 'discussion' tab at the top of any page to add an entry to the discussion. More on wiki page discussions at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_pages.

Help with style and page layout

For style guidelines and other aesthetic uses, refer to:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_style

For our writing standards and conventions:

• ResearchID.org:Standards

Making a great research page

Here are some helpful links:

• Information about our standards.
• Help:Article guidelines
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_a_featured_article
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_great_article
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_perfect_article

Help with writing category introductions

The short descriptors at the top of category pages should be as brief as possible, having a maximum of 20 words.

Learn some wiki jargon

Wikipedia glossary

Setting user time zone

The setting for your user time zone determines the times that appear on the Recent Designs (Recent changes) page. ResearchID.org's server is set to GMT. You need to set your time settings in your user preferences. To do this:

1. Login
2. Click on the 'preferences' link at the top right of any page
3. Click on the 'Date and time' tab
4. Set your correct time zone

You may have to refresh pages to see the new times.

See also

• Handy Tools