Wiki development

Guidelines for this wiki:

• The official wiki pages should be complete and fully functional at all times (i.e., clean of stubs, broken links, etc). If your edits are too comprehensive to be done in a single session then please do your edits first on a development page (this one has "- beta" in its name, create it if it does not exist) and then copy and paste to the official page once the content is complete.
• Do not delete any content from other people without consulting them. The wiki has a discussion feature which can be used for this purpose.

Examples for model wikis:

• FOAM user-guide
• MITgcm user-manual
• NorESM wiki

Examples for model homepages:

• ROMS homepage
• WRF homepage, WRF users page
• HYCOM homepage
• CESM homepage
• FOAM homepage
• MITgcm homepage
• IPSL models
• GISS model

Wiki-media resources:

• User's Guide
• Configuration settings list
• MediaWiki FAQ

Tips for wiki-development:

• Creating a new page: Put the title of the new page in the search field. If the field does not exist you will get the option to create it.
• Deleting and renaming pages: Next to the search field at the top of the page is a downward pointing arrow. If you move the mouse pointer over the arrow a scroll menu will appear with the options to delete or move (i.e., rename) the wiki page. If you move a page, you will have the option set up a re-direct from the old page name (this option is activated by default). Please deactivate the re-direct option if the re-direct is not needed (e.g., if you have created a new page and you want to rename it shortly after, i.e. before anyone knows of its existence)
• Formatting: Use two times ' around italic text and three times ' around bold text.
• Lists: Start the line with * in the first column, followed by a single space and then the text to be listed.
• Creating sections and subsections: Use == around the title of top-level sections and === etc. around the title of subsections.
• Internal link to a page: To link to another page use double [ ] around the name of the page. Optionally, you can specify an alternative link title by adding | followed by the alternative text.
• Internal link to a section: As above, but after the page name add # followed by the name of the section. For example

   [[NorCPM User Manual - beta#Running the model|Instructions for running NorCPM]]

• External link: To link to an external page use double [ ] around the URL of the external page. Optionally, you can specify an alternative link title by adding | followed by the alternative text. For example

  [https://wiki.met.no/noresm/start NorESM wiki|NorESM wiki]

• Comments: To comment (i.e., hide) text use

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