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Migration Procedure

Phase 1:

Make sure all pages on the calontiri wikispace have been successfully migrated to this new wiki.

• Open:
  • http://calontiri.wikispaces.com/People and/or
  • http://calontiri.wikispaces.com/Events on the calontiri wikispace
  • (since People and Events are the bulk of the pages on the old wikispace).
• Cross-reference with:
  • "Uncategorized Pages" and
  • Category:Pages with broken file links
  • Since where the majority of the pages are conveniently listed
• See below: Pages that didn't migrate successfully for how to move pages.

Phase 2:

Make sure the new pages are pretty.

Check the "Uncategorized Pages" here to see what pages haven't been reviewed yet.

Pages that migrated sucessfully

Find new migrated page on calontiri.info

• Fix formatting problems. Bullet lists (* or use icon on VisualEditor Bar), and italics (' ' or Ctrl-I) often don't convert properly.
• Make sure images are okay (if not, see instructions below)
• Add categories to the bottom of the new page - Category:People, Category:Vatavian, Category:Scribe, etc.
  • on VisualEditor, the Category tool is found under the triple - icon on the right side between the ? icon and the pencil icon
  • Don't have to put in all possible categories to begin with, but the main category such as People or Events at least
• Save the changes.

Click on any new categories you just created and make sure their parent categories are correct.

Go back to old wikispace page

• Change tag from "people" to "people moved" or from "event" to "event moved"
• Add note at top of old page, "This page has been moved to calontiri.info"
• Lock the old page (under the ... button)

Pages that didn't migrate sucessfully

Find old unmoved page on calontiri wikispace

• Right-click on any images and save to a folder on your computer to be uploaded to the new wiki later.

• Open the old page for editing.
• Convert view to Wikitext Editor using the menu "down arrow" on the right side of the edit bar
• Copy the encoding.

Create the new page on calontiri.info

• Put the new page name in the search bar
• Click on the name in the search results where it prompts to Create the page "_____" on this wiki!
• Paste the encoding from the old page into the edit box.
• Correct the formatting problems as above.
• Deal with images as below.

• Add categories to the bottom of the new page - Category:People, Category:Vatavian, Category:Scribe, etc.
• Save the new page.

Upload the images you saved above:

• You have to be logged in to upload images
• Click on Insert -> Media on the VisualEditor Toolbar (or the "Upload File" button in the left toolbar in a separate tab)
• Follow the instructions on the Media edit window or Cut and Paste the image file name (Image.gif, etc. ) into the appropriate area (if not using the VisualEditor)
• Label images as appropriate

Click on any new categories you just created and make sure their parent categories are correct.

Go back to old wikispace page

• Change tag from "people" to "people moved", etc.
• Add note at top of old page, "This page has been moved to calontiri.info"
• Lock the old page (under the ... button)

Pages that migrated sucessfully

Find new migrated page on calontiri.info

• Fix formatting problems. Bullet lists (* or use icon on VisualEditor Bar), and italics (' ' or Ctrl-I) often don't convert properly.
• Make sure images are okay (if not, see instructions below)
• Add categories to the bottom of the new page - Category:People, Category:Vatavian, Category:Scribe, etc.
  • on VisualEditor, the Category tool is found under the triple - icon on the right side between the ? icon and the pencil icon
  • Don't have to put in all possible categories to begin with, but the main category such as People or Events at least
• Save the changes.

Click on any new categories you just created and make sure their parent categories are correct.

Go back to old wikispace page

• Change tag from "people" to "people moved" or from "event" to "event moved"
• Add note at top of old page, "This page has been moved to calontiri.info"
• Lock the old page (under the ... button)

Templates:

• People - Template:People
• Events - Template:Events

To use a template:

• Open a new page like you normally would. (Search for "Jane Doe" and click on the name in the "Create the page "Jane Doe" on this wiki!" link.)
• In the edit box, put the code "subst:People" using double-curley brackets {{ on one side, and double close-curley brackets on the other side.
• Save the page without any other coding
• This will substitute in the Template text.
• Re-open the article for editing to personalize it and fill in the blanks.

Categories/Subcategories:

• Categories and subcategories are used in MediaWiki to organize pages together much like tags were used on wikispaces.
• Categories are case-sensitive.

Major categories are:

• People - citizens and friends of Calontir. Subcategories for:
  • group membership (Vatavians or Coeur d'Ennui),
  • personas (Russians),
  • service (Waterbearers), etc.
• Groups - branches, guilds, colleges, and households of Calontir. Subcategories include:
  • Branches - official groups of the SCA, subcategories Vatavia, Coeur d'Ennui, etc.
  • Guilds - official guilds and colleges of Calontir, subcategories - Scribe's Guild, Brewer's Guild, etc.
  • Households - unofficial, loosely defined groups of people based on a common interest, noble family, etc.
• Activities - martial, Art & Science, service
• Events - official events in Calontir. Also should be cross-categorized:
  • Branch hosting (eg. Vatavia) and/or
  • History (for major kingdom events like coronations)
• Resources - kingdom information. Subcategories:
  • Awards
  • History
  • Royal Lineage
  • Songs
  • Stories

Some subcategories fall under more than one category/subcategory. For example, Vatavians is a subcategory of People, but also a subcategory of Vatavia.

MediaWiki automatically makes a Category page for any category assigned to a page.

Categories are assigned by putting the relevant code at the bottom of the page:

• If using VisualEditor, the Category tool is found with the triple - icon on the right side between the ? icon and the pencil icon
• If using the text editor, double-square brackets [[ around the Category:Name command, then closed-double-square brackets.

Many pages will belong to multiple categories, and each category needs it's own bracketed command.

• For example, Sofya la Rus is Category:Hillians (Heraldshill), Category:Russians, Category:Heralds, etc.

The same code is use to create category trees.

• So the page Category:Vatavians would have the code for Category:Vatavia at the bottom (along with the code for Category:People).
• Then the Category:Vatavia, would have the code for its parent, Category:Branches.
• In turn, Category:Branches would have the code for its parent, Category:Groups .