Help:Adding Terms

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Page Format

The format of a term page is

Definition
Related Terms
External Links
Categories

Definition

Note: Definitions should only be added by users with Administrator status. If you don't have admin status but want to suggest a definition, please create a "stub" on the main page (see below) and use the Discussion page for the term suggested definition. See Help:Comments for help on the Discussion page.

The definition can be added using a Draft Definition Template

{{Def|Term goes here|Definition goes here}}

The result is the table below (which is generated from the single line of text}

DRAFT DEFINITION
Term goes here
Definition goes here
This is a Draft Definition: please do not edit the text. If you would like to comment on this definition or provide an alternate Suggested Definition, please use the Discussion page: Talk:Adding_Terms. If you would like to know more about the current definitions of mass spectrometry terms, please see the IUPAC Orange Book.
The corresponding Wikipedia page (if any) is Adding Terms

If there is no definition, the page can still be generated using a "Stub" template in as a placeholder:

{{stub}}

Which renders as

The Adding Terms page does not have Task Group generated content, but you may be able to find information on this topic in the following places:

You may also find previous definitions and links below.

For more information on templates available on this site, see Help:Templates

See also

Related terms are entered as a level 2 header. Terms on this site are linked using double brackets, for example

== See also ==

[[Mass Spectrometry]]

The internal link renders as

Mass Spectrometry

Any text within double brackets is treated as a page on this site (even if it doesn't exist yet).


External Links

External links are entered as a level 2 header. External links are input using single brackets, for example

== External Links ==

[http://www.asms.org/ ASMS Website]

The link renders as

ASMS Website

Note that the general format is "[" followed by the URL, followed by a space, then the text for the link, then "]".


Categories

All term pages should be put into at least one category. This is done by adding

[[Category:Some Important Things]]

at the bottom of the page, where Some Important Things is the category name. When the page is rendered, a link to the category will be put in a box at the page bottom.

The list of cagegories for the MS terms Wiki is on this page

Special:Categories