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A few suggestions/guidelines/usage tips:
1) Strongly suggested you watch the video on the main page, or at least peruse the Editing Guidelines. It is similar in most ways to the old wiki, but has some important usage differences. They're designed to make everyone's life easier, you just have to know how to use them.
2) Biggest change is that entering cite information is now done in a structured way by creating "entries" instead of just a big mess of a page. You should think of each "entry" as a discrete unit of cites - a new advantage, a disad shell, the latest 1AC, etc...Within each entry, you can format the text with headings, just like in Word - this helps to make your cites more readable.
3) To facilitate making your entries look pretty, there are two different ways to enter cites - when you create a new entry, you will see two different "boxes" for pasting in your cites.
a) Plain Text/Wiki Syntax - the first box is for plain text or text that you mark up with Wiki Syntax (mostly by using ='s for headings.) It is also the box you should use for the output from the next version of Verbatim (on the way, I promise). This box is NOT good for just pasting cites directly from Word. That will make it unreadable.
b) WYSIWYG editor - this lets you edit in "What you see is what you get" mode, just like a word processor. This allows you to paste cites directly from Word (though I suggest you still make sure the heading levels are correct, especially if you're using an old or heavily customized template).
4) Basic guidelines for "heading" levels - obviously how you format your page is up to you, but I think this works best:
Heading 1 - Don't use, it's reserved for titles
Heading 2 - "Hat" or "Section"
Heading 3 - Block Titles/Argument Titles
Heading 4 - Tags
The vast majority of headings in your entry should probably be Heading 4, with a few Heading 3's. If you find yourself using Heading 1 or Heading 2 a lot, you should consider splitting things up into multiple "entries" for readability.
In addition to the headings function in the WYSIWYG editor, you can use many different types of wiki syntax to mark up your text. Most importantly, you can create headers in the wiki syntax editor by using multiple = signs.
=This would create Heading 1=
==This would create Heading 2==
===This would create Heading 3===
====This would create Heading 4====
You can also read an in-depth guide on using XWiki Syntax 2.0 here:
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/XWikiSyntax
The site actually also recognizes a lot of other wiki syntax languages, so if you have a favorite, try it and see if it works.
5) When you create new pages for your individual teams, please make sure you use the "Team Template" as the template for the new page, NOT a "New Wiki Page." Otherwise, you won't have access to the structured data entry features explained above and your page will be a mess. I have noticed that many of you who have already registered and starting making pages have skipped this step...
6) Every school registered at any of the opening tournaments should have a "space" on the Wiki - if you don't see your institution on the left, drop me an email at:
ashtarcommunications (at) gmail.com
Questions, problems, suggestions, direct them to me. Apologies in advance for any hiccups during the transition - they're entirely my fault.
Also, many thanks to the Wake crew for their tireless support of intel gathering over the years...
hardy
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