Help:Editing/new page

Creating a New Page
There are several ways to create new pages. Here are the easiest:

search for it

 * 1) In the "search" box, type the exact name of the page you would like to create.
 * 2) If the page is found, then you may want to add your contents to the existing page, or you may want to use a different name.
 * 3) If the page does not exist, the search results will include a link to create it ("You can create this page") - click the link.
 * 4) Enter the contents you want
 * 5) Press the "Show preview" button to make sure things look ok
 * 6) * You can preview and edit as many times as you want before saving
 * 7) Press the "Save page" button to save your work.

link to it
This assumes that you want another page to link to the new page.
 * 1) Edit the page which should have a link to the new page.
 * 2) Add the link: your new page's name here
 * 3) Save the edit:
 * 4) * press [Show preview] to make sure things look ok -- your new link will be red, to indicate that the page doesn't exist (if it's blue, then the page does already exist)
 * 5) * press [Save page] to save your changes
 * 6) Click on the red link you just created; this will take you to your new page, in edit mode.
 * 7) Enter the contents and save, as above.

The Future
I've written a MediaWiki extension which lets users create new pages by entering the title and contents at the same time, as well as other information which can be plugged into a template. I will be installing this extension and creating some forms/templates for HTYP when time permits (feel free to nag me!).