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There are four easy ways to start a new page: | There are four easy ways to start a new page: | ||
# From an existing page (such as [[Special:Wantedpages]]), you can click a red link to the title of the new page. For example, to create an article called "This link", you could click [[This link]] (unless someone has created it already on this Wikia). You can also create a red link yourself, in a related page or index page or your [[help:user page|user page]]. Links on related pages are convenient for navigation, and they also make people aware of the new page. | # From an existing page (such as [[Special:Wantedpages]]), you can click a red link to the title of the new page. For example, to create an article called "This link", you could click [[Banjo-Kazooie Wiki|This link]] (unless someone has created it already on this Wikia). You can also create a red link yourself, in a related page or index page or your [[help:user page|user page]]. Links on related pages are convenient for navigation, and they also make people aware of the new page. | ||
# You can start a new page by typing the URL directly in your Address bar. (For example, if you are editing on example.wikia.com and you would like to create "This link", go to <nowiki>http://example.wikia.com/wiki/This_link</nowiki>.) An easy way to produce the URL is editing the last part of the URL of another page in the same project (using an underline instead of a space between words). To prevent your new page being an "orphan", you should link to it from other pages. | # You can start a new page by typing the URL directly in your Address bar. (For example, if you are editing on example.wikia.com and you would like to create "This link", go to <nowiki>http://example.wikia.com/wiki/This_link</nowiki>.) An easy way to produce the URL is editing the last part of the URL of another page in the same project (using an underline instead of a space between words). To prevent your new page being an "orphan", you should link to it from other pages. | ||
#If you search for a page that is not yet on this wiki, you will see a red link above the search list. Clicking this is another way to get to the edit page for the new article. | #If you search for a page that is not yet on this wiki, you will see a red link above the search list. Clicking this is another way to get to the edit page for the new article. | ||
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'''Before using one of those last methods, have a search to see whether there is already a page with a name very like the one you propose.''' Splitting pages later is easier than merging near-duplicates. | '''Before using one of those last methods, have a search to see whether there is already a page with a name very like the one you propose.''' Splitting pages later is easier than merging near-duplicates. | ||
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