Contributor's Guide

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Thank you for agreeing to help with the May Day Mystery Wiki! I really appreciate your contribution, and look forward to working with you! – Hyacinth

Basic Information

Our Wiki is powered by MediaWiki, the same platform that powers Wikipedia.

It also uses the MediaWiki formatting markup, which you can refer to and bookmark HERE.

Uploading Images and Media

When logged in, click the "Upload file" link on the sidebar to upload.

Images can be inserted into pages and formatted using MediaWiki's image formatting markup documented HERE.

Wikimedia Commons images can be imported by clicking "Use this file on a wiki" from any Wikimedia Commons file detail page. Copy the code snippet and paste into an MDM Wiki page to import the image and its metadata.

General Section Formatting

==Lv. 2 Headline Text==

Used for Page Sections, like ==Ad Interpretation==
===Lv. 3 Headline Text===

Used for Page Subsections, like ===Historical References===
====Lv. 4 Headline Text====

Very rarely used.


Formatting Templates

Templates will allow us to maintain a consistent layout across the Wiki. I've tried to include many types of pages that may be created, but this section will continue to grow as the wiki does. Some templates use infoboxes—Please refer to Wikipedia's Infobox Documentation to learn more about them.

Ad Pages

Use the following template to create and format an ad page. Copy and paste the below code into a new page and fill in the appropriate information.


{{Infobox
|title = X/X/XX Ad
|subheader = MAY DAY XXXX
|label2 = Publication Date
|data2 = MONTH X, XXXX
|label3 = Ad Source
|data3 = [http://www.maydaymystery.org/mayday/texts/xx-xxxx.html MM Site]
|label4 = Smiley Type
|data4 = [[Smiley with X hairs]]
}}

== Ad Transcript ==


==Ad Border==


==Ad Image==
[[File:NAME.jpg]]


==Leitmotiv==


==Ad References==
*

===Religious References===
*

===Historical References===
*

===Scientific References===
*

===Literary References===
*

===Translations===
*


Formatting Biographical Pages

Use the following template to create and format an biographical page. Copy and paste the below code into a new page and fill in the appropriate information.

{{Infobox
|title = FULL NAME
|subheader = SUBHEADER
|image = [[File:FILENAME.jpg|200px|CAPTION]]
|label2 = Born
|data2 = MONTH DD, YYYY
|label3 = Died
|data3 = MONTH DD, YYYY (age XX)
|label4 = Nationality
|data4 = NATIONALITY
|label5 = Occupation
|data5 = OCCUPATION, YYYY-YYYY
|label6 = Religion
|data6 = RELIGION, IF RELEVANT
|label7 = Known For
|data7 = LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
|label8 = Wikipedia
|data8 = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XX_XX WIKI PAGE TITLE]
}}

INTRODUCTORY TEXT

==SECTION TITLE==

==SECTION TITLE==