Help:Style guide

This is a brief guide on how to design articles for Project:Redcap, emphasizing layout and structure.

Before You Begin

Please read our article on Copyright and do not post copyrighted material to this Wiki. The moderators will remove unauthorized copyrighted material immediately.

When to Create a New Article

Before you create a new article, please check to see whether there is an existing page that covers the same or a similar topic. Use the search box, which appears in the upper-right corner of every page on Project: Redcap, to search for key words.

You can find a list of articles we'd like people to write on the Special:WantedPages page.

How to Create a New Article

The easiest way to create a new article is to click on an existing link, on any page, that links to a non-existent page. Such links appear red in most Web browsers (though this may vary according to the preferences you've set for Project:Redcap and/or your browser). You can find a list of such links on the Special:WantedPages page.

Another way to create a new article is to search for it. If the article does not exist, the search results will include a link you can use to edit (create) it.

Use Categories

Project: Redcap uses Categories to organize pages and make them discoverable. It would be a big help to us if you could include categories in your new article. The Wiki automatically maintains a list of categories on the Special:Categories page.

Please use only the existing categories. If you think we need to add a new category, please contact us or use your article's Talk page to discuss it. Although it might not be apparent, we've put quite a bit of thought into our categories and we want to think carefully before adding new ones.