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| − | + | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages#Editing_rules.2C_editing_conventions.2C_and_formatting Editing Wiki Pages] | |
| − | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Text Formatting] | + | ** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Text Formatting] |
| − | ** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links Creating Links] | + | *** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links Creating Links] |
| − | ** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Adding Images] | + | *** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Adding Images] |
| − | ** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables Tables] | + | *** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables Tables] |
| + | * '''Do'''s and '''Don't'''s for using the Programming Examples Wiki | ||
| + | ** '''Do''' | ||
| + | *** Create a 'dispatch page' for each new language that you add, put links to examples in that language on that page. | ||
| + | *** Try to keep each example as short as possible... and no shorter! | ||
| + | *** Try to demonstrate a single concept per example. | ||
| + | *** Comment, comment, comment! | ||
| + | ** '''Don't''' | ||
| + | *** Do not treat the wiki as your own personal code dump. Things that are placed here should be useful for many people. | ||
| + | *** Do not "hijack" code someone else has submitted by changing what it does. (Do improve it if you see a way) | ||
Revision as of 11:20, 27 June 2010
- Editing Wiki Pages
- Dos and Don'ts for using the Programming Examples Wiki
- Do
- Create a 'dispatch page' for each new language that you add, put links to examples in that language on that page.
- Try to keep each example as short as possible... and no shorter!
- Try to demonstrate a single concept per example.
- Comment, comment, comment!
- Don't
- Do not treat the wiki as your own personal code dump. Things that are placed here should be useful for many people.
- Do not "hijack" code someone else has submitted by changing what it does. (Do improve it if you see a way)
- Do
