Turning questions into articles
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| − | If you think you can reasonably delete the original question, and just use it as '''an idea''' for a new article, just edit it to remove all of the text, and put a redirect to a new article in its place. The syntax for a redirect is <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[articlename]]</nowiki>. So, to insert a redirect to a new article titled "Sourcing Plymouth body parts", insert the following text in the article: <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Sourcing Plymouth body parts]]. For more details on redirects, see [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects the Redirect page in the MediaWiki manual]. | + | If you think you can reasonably delete the original question, and just use it as '''an idea''' for a new article, just edit it to remove all of the text, and put a redirect to a new article in its place. The syntax for a redirect is <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[articlename]]</nowiki>. So, to insert a redirect to a new article titled "Sourcing Plymouth body parts", insert the following text in the article: <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Sourcing Plymouth body parts]]</nowiki>. For more details on redirects, see [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects the Redirect page in the MediaWiki manual]. |
After you've inserted the redirect text, and saved the edit, you should see a large bent arrow pointing to a new article title. Simply click on the new article title, and begin editing. Save it, and the new article is in place. | After you've inserted the redirect text, and saved the edit, you should see a large bent arrow pointing to a new article title. Simply click on the new article title, and begin editing. Save it, and the new article is in place. | ||
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