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In an enterprise setting account creation can be restricted to IT admin with access to the site backend and can be managed through the MediaWiki API if editing roles will be restricted to authorized users. | In an enterprise setting account creation can be restricted to IT admin with access to the site backend and can be managed through the MediaWiki API if editing roles will be restricted to authorized users. | ||
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| + | Please see the guide for creating the page in [[Help:Creating_a_new_page|this guide]]. | ||
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| + | See more information about structuring the pages with namespace [[Help:KNEXT_concepts_and_structural_guide|here]]. | ||
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Resources are the "thing" that might help a person answer their question or might be a good person, organization, or place to handoff the user to get further information on their question. Items in catalogues, databases, websites, people, organizations are examples of resources. | Resources are the "thing" that might help a person answer their question or might be a good person, organization, or place to handoff the user to get further information on their question. Items in catalogues, databases, websites, people, organizations are examples of resources. | ||
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Revision as of 22:32, 6 July 2021
Account Creation
For the purposes of this prototype account creation is open to anyone with an email address. Create your account by visiting the account creation page.
In an enterprise setting account creation can be restricted to IT admin with access to the site backend and can be managed through the MediaWiki API if editing roles will be restricted to authorized users.
New Page Creation
Please see the guide for creating the page in this guide.
See more information about structuring the pages with namespace here.
Best Practices
Questions
Namespace: Questions
When to add a new question
- Check if a question exists by looking at the questions category
- To add a new question, create a link or type in the url new page in the Question namespace. This can be done by adding a link The namespace precedes the question with the format of "Question:"
What types of questions to add
- "How to"
- "Where"
When to Split Questions
Questions will be a fluid discussion on how to best handle, but one where the triggering action is when there may be enough material on a specific subset of that questions that you might create a subpage for a specific topic. The format of question or page name and adding a focus area in parenthesis. Example: Question:Who are my competitors? (Competitive Analysis)
Resources
Namespace: Resources Resources are the "thing" that might help a person answer their question or might be a good person, organization, or place to handoff the user to get further information on their question. Items in catalogues, databases, websites, people, organizations are examples of resources.
Guides
Namespace: Main These pages are orientation and aggregation pages on topics that are commonly asked and useful to compile as a collection of questions and resources, but are broader than a specific question. These may setup how to think about a specific topic or broader subject.
