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| − | For help getting started, check out the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] to learn the basics, then take a look at the formatting and source of some other recipes on the site. For help specific to editing with examples, visit the[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Help:Editing]page at wikimedia. | + | Don't stop with just recipes either, our guide sections will need lots of help too. |
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| + | For help getting started, check out the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] to learn the basics, then take a look at the formatting and source of some other recipes on the site. For help specific to editing with examples, visit the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Help:Editing] page at wikimedia. | ||
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**Pay close attention to spelling and when creating a new category please stick to existing naming conventions. For example as a general rule the recipe categories are all singular, i.e. Potato not potatoes. | **Pay close attention to spelling and when creating a new category please stick to existing naming conventions. For example as a general rule the recipe categories are all singular, i.e. Potato not potatoes. | ||
**When creating a new subcategory, remember to add its parent category into your entry. (i.e. add <nowiki>[[category:Main Ingredients]]</nowiki> into your entry for Celery | **When creating a new subcategory, remember to add its parent category into your entry. (i.e. add <nowiki>[[category:Main Ingredients]]</nowiki> into your entry for Celery | ||
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| + | Lastly, If you want to add a variation to another person’s recipe that is minor enough that it doesn’t warrant a completely new version, add it in a variations section at the very bottom of the recipe and sign with your user name <nowiki> Adding a ~~~ will add your username </nowiki> | ||
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Revision as of 16:41, 30 May 2006
Welcome to Goons with Spoons, the SA recipe wiki.Iron Chef SA Entrants | Cooking Basics | Cookware Guides | Other Guides | Food Guides by City |
Getting StartedTo browse our recipes, use the links below or the bar on the left.
Our non recipe guides fall into several categories.
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ContributingSo you'd like to dive in and help? Please do! Don't stop with just recipes either, our guide sections will need lots of help too. There will be an expanded version of this guide on the Contributing page, as eventually I'd like to put something else in this box and move a smaller version of this lower on the main page. For help getting started, check out the User's Guide to learn the basics, then take a look at the formatting and source of some other recipes on the site. For help specific to editing with examples, visit the Help:Editing page at wikimedia. Some other tips:
Lastly, If you want to add a variation to another person’s recipe that is minor enough that it doesn’t warrant a completely new version, add it in a variations section at the very bottom of the recipe and sign with your user name Adding a ~~~ will add your username |
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We're hoping that eventually we'll be able to have this site as a quality recipe archive for all the tasty treats on the Goons with Spoons forum in the Something Awful Forums. This site can only be as good as its contributors though, so register and dig in.
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
A big thank you to CygnusTM and the rest of the folks from tviv.org for setup help.
