WikiAnesthesia:Author guide

Thank you for your interest in contributing to WikiAnesthesia. Your contributions are what allow this community to grow and flourish.

Getting started

Create an account

To provide credit for contributions and help prevent spam and vandalism, an account must be created in order to contribute to WikiAnesthesia.

1. Create an account
2. Confirm your email address (required before creating content). If you do not receive a confirmation email, check your spam folder. You can also resend the email from the email options section of my preferences.

New accounts can create new articles and edit most articles on the site immediately. To combat spam, any changes made by new users will be visible to that user, but not immediately reflected to the public until they are reviewed by a moderator. Once a new user has made several successful edits, their account will be promoted to contributor status which will bypass moderator review and contributions will automatically appear to the public.

How to create and edit an article

1. You must first create an account
   1. Once your account has been registered and email confirmed, you can begin creating/editing articles.
   2. Initial edits are considered provisional (and not publicly visible) until your account is approved by an editor
2. Find an article to create or edit. You can find an article by:
   1. Searching for an article
      1. If an article does not already exist, you will have the option to create the article you searched for.
         1. Click the link for "Create the page on this wiki!" in order to create the new article for your search term.
   2. Referring to the Table of contents
   3. Selecting an article featured on the homepage
      1. The homepage has a list of articles that have been prioritized for development.
         

[Note: Need to include guidelines around what type of articles to create, including specificity of articles, etc.]

Style guidelines

• Use lists, bullets, and tables whenever feasible
• Organize content in a manner that is mobile-friendly
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General guidelines

• Keep articles as brief as possible, while still be informative
  • Our goal is to have articles easily digestible in a couple minutes.
  • Use the article's inbox to highlight the most high-yield content within an article
• Focus on practical knowledge that is readily useful in the clinical environment
• References you sources
  • This is especially important when adding information that is not universally agreed upon by medical professionals.