Amateur Theatre Wiki:Help

Create User Accounts

If you want to sign somebody up to help with editing this wiki, use this link: Special:CreateAccount and follow the steps there.

Article types and their structure

There are seven types of articles:

• People
• Venues
• Productions and Performances
• Clubs, Societies and Institutions
• Plays
• Music
• Dance

The article types mentioned follow a certain structure, which is shown in the following.

Article types	Suggested layout of the article	Example article
People	Biography Works Impact / Posterity ... References Literature	Germaine de Staël
Venues	History Repertoire ... References Literature	Djurgårdsteatern Berwick Street Private Theatre
Production and Performances	History People Reception ... References Literature
Clubs, Societies and Institutions	History Repertoire People References Literature	Löfholmen’s Theatre Society
Plays	History People Productions Reception ... References Literature
Music	History People Productions Reception ... References Literature
Dance	History People Productions Reception ... References Literature

Uploading images

Upload images to the Amateur Theatre Wiki

You can either upload images to this Wiki directly by:

1. Prepare the file on your computer in its final format. Make sure the file is exactly as you want it.
2. Make sure you are allowed to upload the file to the Amateur Theatre Wiki.
3. In the sidebar, under "tools", click "Upload file".
4. Click "Browse" next to the "Source filename:” to locate the file on your computer. (The "browse" button may have a different label depending on your web browser).
5. Change the "Destination filename:" to something descriptive, if necessary.
6. Fill in the "Summary", if necessary.
7. Click the "Upload file" button.

If it is a large file, you may need to wait several seconds for the upload to complete.

Upload images to Wikimedia Commons

The easiest way for uploading files to Wikimedia Commons is by using the Upload Wizard.

Here are the main steps of the current workflow for Upload Wizard:

1. Log in - Make sure you are logged in with your Wikimedia account. If you don't have one, create one here.
2. Start - Click on the Upload link
3. Learn - Reading the help infographic, click 'Continue'
4. Upload - Select media files to upload, add more files if needed
5. Rights - Fill in author, source and license information
6. Describe - Fill in title, description, date or other info
7. Use - copy code to add images to articles or share them with others

Note:

If you want to upload images or video material from archives or social media, make sure your are allowed to upload these files to Wikimedia Commons.

• licenses accepted by commons
  • cc0, public domain
  • cc-by
  • cc-by-sa

Embedding an image to an article

You can add images and files from Wikimedia Commons or from the Amateur Theatre Wiki for your articles. The GIF below shows how easy it actually is.

Adding an image using the visual editor

For more experienced editors visit the Media Wiki Help:Images page.

Creating new articles workflow

1. Create the new Wikipage. You can do this, for example, by searching for your page name, and clicking the appearing red link on the results page.
2. You can now start writing your article. It doesn't have to be perfect and in a finished state from the beginning.
3. Save your article by clicking on the blue save changes button.
4. A window will appear where you can briefly summarize what you have edited (e.g. " added a link" or "created a new article").
5. Click again on "save changes" and you are done.