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| Topics on this page address common practices, or standards, for creating, editing and managing content on the Acquisitions, Cataloging & Processing Staff Wiki. Applying these conventions will create a more friendly environment for wiki users. In addition to what's covered here, the [[http://webman.library.umass.edu/doku.php?id=bestpractices|Best Practice Guidelines for Web Content Creation]] is a useful and relevant document. | Topics on this page address common practices, or standards, for creating, editing and managing content on the Acquisitions, Cataloging & Processing Staff Wiki. Applying these conventions will create a more friendly environment for wiki users. In addition to what's covered here, the [[http://webman.library.umass.edu/doku.php?id=bestpractices|Best Practice Guidelines for Web Content Creation]] is a useful and relevant document. | ||
| + | ===== Creating new pages ===== | ||
| + | Before you create a new page, review existing pages on the wiki to look for the same or related content. Browse the index or body of the Start page, and do a search for terms that describe the subjects in your new page. If your documentation might be integrated into an existing page, discuss the possibilities with its primary contact. If the workflow or procedure you are describing is related to another one, link to it. Our goal is to provide a streamlined set of documents without redundancy. This also relates to [[http://wws.library.umass.edu/wikis/acp/doku.php?id=best_practices_for_managing_this_wiki#documenting_workflows_that_span_across_more_than_one_unit|Documenting Workflows that Span Across More Than One Unit]]. | ||
| ===== Naming new pages ===== | ===== Naming new pages ===== | ||
| When you create a new page, type the shortest, most descriptive and sensible title possible. Start with a word that is essential to what the file is about, e.g. "serials" or "monographs", rather than its type, e.g. "workflow" or "procedure". Give this some thought before you actually create the file. Make it plain English. It's easier to choose a good name at the outset than it is to delete a file and create a new one with a better name. | When you create a new page, type the shortest, most descriptive and sensible title possible. Start with a word that is essential to what the file is about, e.g. "serials" or "monographs", rather than its type, e.g. "workflow" or "procedure". Give this some thought before you actually create the file. Make it plain English. It's easier to choose a good name at the outset than it is to delete a file and create a new one with a better name. | ||
