Start-up suggestions

This page is for suggestions that could be incorporated into a template for new Wikicities.

Using the Resources of the Central Wikicity
Many basic pages need to be created when a new Wikicity begins. This can be a lot for someone who is new to MediaWiki and who really requested the new Wikicity because of an interest in the content area. Since this Central Wikicity is here to coordinate and support the rest of the Wikicities, it already contains much of the needed content. So especially in new Wikicities, the content could refer back to pages here. Once the new Wikicity gets going, participants can always tailor this start-up content.

Sandbox
Create the Wikicities template with a template for the sandbox and have a sandbox page that consists of the template.

Help
The pages being edited by default have a link to Help:Editing. Put a link to the Central Wikicities:help:tutorial or something like the following: For information about how to edit, please see the tutorial, especially the section on editing.

If you'd like to try out the editing feature or practice some formatting techniques, please do it in the sandbox rather than in an article.

The main help link (on the navigation) could have a reference link to the tutorial as well. OR Redirect the navigation help link to the help category where most of the help pages will be. Create the help category and include the Help:Editing page.

Copyrights
The Project:Copyrights notice has already been adjusted. On all new Wikicities it reads, "All contributions to Wikicities are released under the GNU Free Documentation License. See Wikicities copyrights for details."

Community Portal
Since this page is also on the main navigation panel, it should probably have some start-up content. Suggestions?