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Editor: Christopher Dyer
Branch: Feedback-Wiki
Type: Help Information
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21.02.2011 - Christopher Dyer - Sci-Mate

Creating an article can take as little as 1-2 minutes using material that is already digitally prepared.

Listing an Item, can take 4-5 minutes with pre-prepared material, simply by following the instructions along the way.

[edit] 3-Step instructions to instantly publish an Article on Sci-Mate:

Go to any existing article (such as this one), and type the intended title into the box beneath "Create new Article:" (top left of screen), and press "Create Article";
Tick some basic options to provide context that make it easier to sort and find relevant content
Paste, drag or type text into the box, then use familiar buttons to add images or to format text before saving.

Articles can be just as easily be re-edited, deleted or rolled-back to an earlier version.

Authors wishing to ultimately control an Article's content are advised to opt to be the Article's Editor.

A separate page is available for Discussion; and a separate facility can allow Articles to be Reviewed by qualified scientists.

"Watch"-ing an Article or Discussion can be done by ticking a box during editing. An email notification will then be sent if any further contributions to the Article or Discussion are made.

[edit] Hints, tips and troubleshooting:

To prevent others from editing your Article, simply choose to be the Article Editor and provide clear instructions at the end of the Article, or in the Discussion page. Use the simple Restore function to bring back a previous version from the document versioning system.
To paste text into the html editor box, you must allow pop-ups from Sci-Mate (we do not allow pop-up advertising, so this exception will not create a problem).
Do not use a colon ":" in the title, because the MediaWiki software will interpret this as the start of the title, and only display what comes after the colon.
You must define at least one academic discipline or scientific community as the Article's Context.
All formating is lost when converting .doc text into the HTML editor. Reformating is easily done using the simple to use buttons, and images can be uploaded and added easily.
An better way to create a new Article is to create a link (using the Create link button) from any existing Article to an Article that doesn't exist (define the name of the new Article title as the link title). Clicking on this new link will take you to edit the newly created Article.