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

Revision as of 12:20, 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)