How to get started adding to the GMH Wiki

Step 1: Request a username

Email the webmaster from the email you wish to use for your account. They will send you login information. For security, please change your password immediately!

Step 2: Clone the genus and species pages for your organism

Search Wikipedia to confirm the presence of the genus and species pages, then export those pages to your computer. Note: if you enter a page that doesn't exist (or you misspell something) the exporter will not warn you, you will just not have that page. Import the downloaded pages into the GMH Wiki, using the value "enwiki" without quotes for the Interwiki Prefix field. Confirm the pages imported successfully by visiting them.

Step 3: Add a strain-specific link to the species page

Navigate to your species' page and click "edit" in the top right corner to enter the editor. Right before the References, add the header "Global Methane Hub Strains" without quotes, then place a bullet list under that header with the genus, species, and strain designation. Highlight that text, then click the Link button (looks like two links of a chain at the top of the editor). The text should be displayed in red at the bottom of that box: click on it to accept that this is a link to a page that doesn't exit. See the entry for Sharpea azabuensis for an example.

Step 4: Create the strain page for your organism

Click on the red link you just made. You should be redirected automatically to a blank page with the editor active. In a separate window, navigate to the Strain template page, click Edit, copy the entire template, and paste it into your new strain editor. When finished, begin adding your data under the appropriate header. See Sharpea azabuensis KH1P5 as nearly complete entry.