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Creating a new page for a company/organization

Basic rules

• Follow conventions. There is Template for a page.

Wiki syntax

• Wiki syntax (except for several advanced functions) apply to Media Wiki. For example,

Wikipedia Cheatsheet
Wikipedia How to Edit

Pages to create

(A)Required: Romanized title [[category:Shashi(R)]] (e.g., Ohaio Shuritsu Daigaku)

(B)Advised: Japanese title [[category:Shashi(J)]] (e.g., オハイオ州立大学)

(C)If available: English title [[category:shashi(E)]] (e.g., The Ohio State University)

• (B) and (C) are connected with (A) by writing

#redirect[[Ohaio Shuritsu Daigaku]]

Tip

• If you are determined to create 2-3 pages at once, it will be faster to create (B) first.

(1) Type the Japanese name in the search box, and create (B).

(2) Write #redirect[[Ohaio Shuritsu Daigaku]], and save. (At the bottom, don't forget [[category:shashi(J)|おはいおしゅうりつたいかく]])

(3) Click the red words, and create (A).

(4) After making (A), create (C) and connect it with (A).

Categories

• To make a category, type like the following examples:

[[category:OSU]]                (Library)
[[category:Manufacturing]]      (Nikkei Goo Classification)
[[category:A-2：農業的サービス業]]  (Nagao Bunko Classification)
[[category:shashi(R)]]          (*page type)
*As for Shashi(J), a pipe ( | ) is used for Japanese 50-on sorting. For example,
[[category:オハイオ州立大学|おはいおしゅうりつたいかく]]
Without the pipe and kana description, the page is automatically sorted by the characters at the head (e.g., 「オ」「日」「松」etc.).

Search engine

• Wiki Media does not search for the word with fewer than four letters. If you have specific concerns about the page for searching, it is advised to avoid two/three-letter words (e.g., OSU).

Other

• Currently there is no fixed rule of transliterating 日本. It is either Nihon or Nippon. Simply follow Worldcat or follow it if you find either way used by the company/organization. But for the ease of searching, it is advised to create both pages (i.e., Roman alphabet) and connect one with the other.

Creating a new page for other projects

• There are pages not limited to specific companies. See examples: Auto Industry Timeline, Establishing Overseas Operations