:rotating_light: BA Tutorials : Wiki & Wiki Entries :rotating_light:

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Bollywood Lovers

How are you? I hope and I wish You all are doing good both old and new :relaxed: .

So firstly let me introduce you Myself because I haven't done my introduction blog so far so I'm doing this here.

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So hey I'm Liza your new leader for this community . I like Bollywood movies and their music .

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Hritik Roshan are my favorite Bollywood celebrities.

Oh god I've so much to say about me but then this blog ll become very long so I'm ending this up here. So lets come to the point for which I'm here.....

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Today I'm here to give a tutorial about the wiki and wiki entries. This post is mainly aimed at newer s but if you are unsure about any aspects of wiki entries hopefully this will help you.

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Ok so firstly wiki entries were previously

known as favourites

but since the new update has done they're now called wiki entries

and I'll be referring to them as that.

Of course you don't have to do anything like how I have but this post should give you a good idea about the kind of things you can do in wiki entries.

What are wiki entries?

They are pretty much a folder type thing that can be about any topic. It can include text, pictures, gifs, YouTube videos and links. A s wiki entries can be seen on their profile underneath their reputation/following/followers bar.

How do I create one?

Creating a new wiki entry is easy

and there are a few ways that you can do it.

Firstly, you can press the + button that is located on your profile under 'my wiki entries'.

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Another way is to press the grey pencil button that is located in the bottom right corner on most pages

then click the wiki entry button which is

the yellow one.

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The other way is by going onto the side menu and clicking 'compose' then the yellow wiki entry button.

What should I make my wiki entry about?

You can make your wiki entries about

anything as long as it isn't against the guidelines.

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Also since this is Bollywood Amino

it is recommended that you make your wiki entries Bollywood related or related to this community.

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Common topics for wiki entries include movies, idols, artists, songs, albums, shows, companies and other things.

What do I put in my wiki entry?

It is completely up to you

how much or how little you add to your wiki entry. The most basic wiki entry would consist of

a title and a cover image.

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You can include any information

about the topic that you want to. Just to show you

all the different things you can add I'll go through the steps of creating a wiki entry.

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I'll be creating an example wiki entry about

my ultimate Bias Aishwarya Rai Bachchan but the steps would be pretty much the same no matter what your topic is.

Example wiki entry

start/name

Ok so this is what it looks like

when you start a new wiki entry. Firstly I'm going

to give a name to my wiki entry which will be

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

as that's what my entry is about. I also put red heart emojis on the side cos why not it's cute right?

Cover Image

Next I'm going to pick a cover image

for my wiki entry. This will be the image that you see on your profile.You can use a still image or a gif it's up to you. Since I've decided to

give my profile a rainbow theme because as you all

know I'm very much new to this community

and this is my first wiki entry. I've ed this community in Monsoon , and this is the season of rains and rainbows,

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So I've started editing my cover images with different colors so that on my profile

the wiki entries will show up like a rainbow

with the VIBGYOR effect and this way my profile will give you the complete look of rainbow theme

with my wiki entries with VIBGYOR effect and VIBGYOR theme.

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Since the last color of VIBGYOR is red and whatever you enter first As Your Wiki entries will come in the last that's why I chose the red color for editing the cover image of my first wiki entry. You don't have to do this you can use any image you want but of course if you want to you can edit images or use images to suit your theme.

Background

The next step is to choose a background for your wiki entry. The default background is

plain white which I like to use but you have some other options too.

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Other than white you can choose from some other colours or you can use any photo/gif

you want as your background. If you want to change your background back to white just select

the 'remove background' option.

Gallery

Next is the part that says 'add more to the gallery'

which is where you add all the photos, gifs and YouTube videos that you want to include.

You can add up to 50 items per wiki entry.

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For mine I'm going to add some solo photos of her

from movies, ments, photoshoots & award functions etc and some of the music videos

from her movies and an interview clip from

Cannes 2017 .

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In this section there is an edit option for still images where you can crop, add filters, add text and so on. You can also add a description of the image

if you want to.

Keywords

Next is a section called 'keywords'

and here you write any words that refer to your topic. If anyone searches for one of the keywords your wiki entry will appear in their search results. For my wiki entry I'm going to include her profession, titles and qualities in the key words.

Info

In this section you are given three headings

by default which are 'my rating', 'What I like' and 'Dislike'. You can use these headings if you wish or you can remove them and/or add your own.

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If you want to remove a heading just swipe left on it and press delete and to add a new one

press the + button.

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When typing in the info sections you have a few options which are money bags, hearts, stars, a date or normal keyboard. Use whichever of these best fits the heading for example for the 'my rating' heading I like to use the stars option to show how much I love the subject of the wiki entry.

About

The about section is usually where you would include most of the details about your subject. This section works pretty much the same as

a blog post does in that you can add text, photos, gifs, YouTube videos and links in this part.

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For mine I'm going to add some information about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as a person,

her achievements, Photos, Music Videos and an interview clip.

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You can add any information that you want to

for example you could also include

how you found out about your subject or anything else you can think of.

If you want to see everything I wrote in this section you can check out the finished wiki entry Here.

Linked wiki entries

In this part you can link any other wiki entries that are related to the one you are creating.

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Since I haven't made any because this is my first wiki entry so I've pinned a wiki entry of jodha Akbar (movie) from wiki to my profile just to show you how to link wiki entries.

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Now I'm going to link them to this wiki entry. But You can always come back and add them later if you haven't made any related wiki entries yet.

Advanced options

If you click on this it will give you two options for your cover background animation which are 'animated (default)' and 'none'.

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Your cover background is just the items that are in the gallery section which will appear at the top behind the cover image when viewing the wiki entry.

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If you pick animated it just means that when someone looks at your wiki entry the background images will move slightly and none means they won't move.

Submit

Ok so after you've done all of that you press the submit button and your wiki entry will then appear on your profile. Of course you can always edit it and add and change things as you wish.

Folders

There is a feature that allows you to put your wiki entries into folders. This is good if

you have a lot because it can keep them more organised and you can even create sub-folders too.

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There is always a folder with all of your wiki entries. If you don't have any folders

it will just show all your wiki entries.

To create a folder go into 'my wiki entries' then click the white dots in the top right then click 'add folder'.

This is what mine look like:

You can put any photo or gif

that you want as the background and

each folder can have a different background.

To change the background you just go into the folder and click the white dots on the top right then click edit folder.

Reorder

You can also reorder your wiki entries and folders

to which ever order you want.

The first 25 wiki entries in your 'all' folder

will be the ones that show on your profile.

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If you don't have that many it will just show how ever many you have. They will also appear in the order they are in in the 'all' folder.

Why are some wiki entries yellow?

Usually wiki entries have white borders

but some have yellow. The ones that are yellow have been approved by the curation team to be apart of the wiki.

What is the wiki?

The wiki (previously known as the catalogue)

is a collection of wiki entries

that have been approved by the curation team.

It contains many wiki entries created by s about relevant topics to our community. This is a great place to find information about different artists, movies, albums and other topics.

How do I submit my wiki entry to be considered for the wiki?

To submit your wiki entry you go onto the wiki entry you wish to submit then click the white dots in the top right then click submit to wiki.

What should I do to get my wiki entry approved?

Here are some criteria that we look for when approving wiki entries. If you can say yes to all of these it's likely that your entry will be approved:

- Is my wiki entry relevant to the community?

- Does all content of my entry stay within the          guidelines?

- Would my entry be helpful to others looking for information on the topic?

- Is the information provided in my entry correct and in full?

- Is the topic of my entry obvious?

- Is my entry easy to read/understand?

- Have I given credit when needed?

What happens if I get approved?

If your wiki entry is approved it will be added

to a folder in the wiki that corresponds with the topic of your entry. The border of your wiki entry will change to yellow and any other can pin your entry onto their profile.

What does it mean if my wiki entry isn't approved?

If your entry isn't approved it means

that it doesn't check all the criteria stated above.

If you really want your entry to be approved

you can work on it more with consideration to the criteria and resubmit it.

What would I get if my wiki entry get approved by the curation team?

If your wiki entry will get approved then you'll get 20 extra reputations for each approved wiki entries upto 100 reputations per day.

Ok so that's about all i can think of right now. Hopefully this answers any questions you might have about wiki entries and the wiki but if you have any questions that I haven't answered be sure to comment them below.

Thanks for reading :grin:

Have A Good Day...!!!!!

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