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What is Marspedia?

Michel Lamontagne at 01:40, 11 November 2020

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 This emphasis and focus on the future is what energizes the volunteers of The [[Mars Society]] and Marspedia. We hope that you will want to make Marspedia the best source of information on all topics related to exploring and settling the Red Planet.
-Are there any requirements to become a member of the Marspedia Team. Other than some comfort in using a browser and text editor on your favorite computer, phone or touchpad  and willingness to bring  your enthusiasm, there are no formal requirements. We do ask that if you want to contribute to the Marspedia Project, you should continue this series of tutorials to learn how.
+Are there any requirements to become a member of the Marspedia Team? Other than some comfort in using a browser and text editor on your favorite computer, phone or touchpad and willingness to bring your enthusiasm, there are no formal requirements. We do ask that if you want to contribute to the Marspedia Project, you should continue this series of tutorials to learn how.
 ===Marspedia is a wiki based website.===

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 [[Home|Marspedia]] is an encyclopedia that summarizes topical knowledge about [[Mars]] and references where greater detail can be obtained. Marspedia is focused on providing the best source of information about past, present, and future exploration and settlement of Mars, including all of the tools, techniques and technologies that will be needed to do so. This is the goal of The Mars Society and that is why The Mars Society sponsors and manages Marspedia.
-This emphasis and focus on the future is what energizes the volunteers of The Mars Society and Marspedia. We hope that you will want to make Marspedia the best source of information on all topics related to exploring and settling the Red Planet.
+This emphasis and focus on the future is what energizes the volunteers of The [[Mars Society]] and Marspedia. We hope that you will want to make Marspedia the best source of information on all topics related to exploring and settling the Red Planet.
 Are there any requirements to become a member of the Marspedia Team. Other than some comfort in using a browser and text editor on your favorite computer, phone or touchpad  and willingness to bring  your enthusiasm, there are no formal requirements. We do ask that if you want to contribute to the Marspedia Project, you should continue this series of tutorials to learn how.

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 ===What is Marspedia?===
-Marspedia is an encyclopedia that summarizes topical knowledge about Mars and references where greater detail can be obtained. Marspedia is focused on providing the best source of information about past, present, and future exploration and settlement of Mars, including all of the tools, techniques and technologies that will be needed to do so. This is the goal of The Mars Society and that is why The Mars Society sponsors and manages Marspedia.
+[[Home|Marspedia]] is an encyclopedia that summarizes topical knowledge about [[Mars]] and references where greater detail can be obtained. Marspedia is focused on providing the best source of information about past, present, and future exploration and settlement of Mars, including all of the tools, techniques and technologies that will be needed to do so. This is the goal of The Mars Society and that is why The Mars Society sponsors and manages Marspedia.
 This emphasis and focus on the future is what energizes the volunteers of The Mars Society and Marspedia. We hope that you will want to make Marspedia the best source of information on all topics related to exploring and settling the Red Planet.

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 *Use the Category Tree links in the Definitions of the Top-Level Categories to determine the exact spelling of each category or subcategory.
-Let’s choose to use the category “Mars Society” Write it down for reference.
+Let’s choose to use the category “Mars Society”. Write it down for reference.
 Now go back to your User page. This time click Edit Source in the top menu. You  will see all the text on your page in plain text type and you may see some other characters like ====. These are wikitext tags - (you may be familiar with xml tags) that help to format the page for html display to your browser. If you want to learn more about these tags and how you can add them to the plain text editor, you can check out https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples

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 Note that the word now has a special icon after it. It looks like this
+[[File:MT15 ExternalLinkSymbol.jpg|none|thumb|Symbol]]
 The word is now hotlinked to an external URL, but this reference does not appear in the list of cited references at the bottom of the page.
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 [[File:MT12 UploadOwnWorkFile.jpg|thumb|alt=|none|Upload your own work or click default upload pg.]]
 *If this is your own work, click the check box and drop the file into the Select File box for uploading.

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 *Click Edit
 *Click Change Image.
-*Scroll down in the existing image files and find a new graphic like the Visual Editor Parsoid yellow flower to the right and select it.[[File:MT7 ParsoidGraphic.jpg|thumb|alt=|none|Mediawiki graphic]]Click Use this Image
 *Click Apply Changes.
 *The new graphic will display.
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 *Scroll down to see the 4 column by 4 row blank table. By adding text and eliminating extra rows and columns you should be able to develop this table (shown below) in short order.
-[[File:MT9 TableExample.jpg|thumb|alt=|none|2 column - 3 row table]]
+[[File:MT9_TableExample.jpg|alt=]]
 *Remember: If you make an editing mistake you can leave the page and open it again to reset the sandbox.
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 *If this is NOT your work, then you should click “the default upload page” link which loads an input box that looks like this
-[[File:MT13 UploadExternalFile.jpg|thumb|alt=|none|Official Marspedia File upload dialog box]]
+[[File:MT13_UploadExternalFile.jpg|alt=|none|thumb]]
 Note that only image files of types: png, gif, jpg, or jpeg; will display in Marspedia. The other file formats (pdf, xls, etc.) can only be viewed by downloading the file to a user’s computer/device and using the relevant app to view them.

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 *Click Categories.
-[[File:MT11 MarspediaCategoryList.jpg|thumb]]
+[[File:MT11 MarspediaCategoryList.jpg|thumb|alt=|none|Marspedia Category List]]
 As shown above a box opens allowing you to select a category to apply to your User page.
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 *Click Insert/Media
-*Click the Upload tab in the Media Settings dropdown box.
+*Click the Upload tab in the Media Settings drop-down box.
-[[File:MT12 UploadOwnWorkFile.jpg|center|thumb]]
+[[File:MT12 UploadOwnWorkFile.jpg|thumb|alt=|none|Upload your own work or click default upload pg.]]
 FIG Media Settings box select a file for upload
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 *If this is NOT your work, then you should click “the default upload page” link which loads an input box that looks like this
-[[File:MT13 UploadExternalFile.jpg|center|thumb]]
+[[File:MT13 UploadExternalFile.jpg|thumb|alt=|none|Official Marspedia File upload dialog box]]
 Note that only image files of types: png, gif, jpg, or jpeg; will display in Marspedia. The other file formats (pdf, xls, etc.) can only be viewed by downloading the file to a user’s computer/device and using the relevant app to view them.