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Wiki and Forum rules
We don't have too many rules here, but there are a few we ask you keep in mind:
- Nothing shady - The CCIE Study Wiki is not a place for unethical behavior. That means NO braindumps of any sort. NO postings (or links to pages) of actual CCIE test questions or content. There is also NO postings of copyrighted material allowed unless approval has been giving by the copyright holders themselves. Finally, no copying content from other Internet sites, please link to them instead.
- Stay on topic and be useful - Please don't take a wiki article or forum posting off course. Start a new article/post if necessary.
- Play nice - Keep all of your interactions civil. Please limit the craziness.
- No unapproved commercial stuff - No advertisements, no links to advertisements or to products which must be purchased. If you're interested in advertising, the CCIE Study Wiki has advertising options available, please contact us, we'd certainly love to hear from you!
- Follow the formatting - We've gone through great pains to keep a consistent look and feel to the wiki, please don't mess it up. Always follow the formatting style that is in place.
- No link reordering - If you're adding a new link into the wiki, please place it at the end of any existing link list.
Editing the Wiki
Editing the wiki can look a bit intimidating when you view the source code, but it's really pretty easy. You will need to be registered and logged in, however. After hitting the "'edit'" menu link on the page you want to change, you'll be brought to the standard editing field. Find the section you want to add content to and type away!
You should notice the formatting bar at the top of the edit field. Use this bar to add formatting and http links to your writing until you get comfortable using the formatting characters by hand. The wiki also makes use of the "#" character to create numbered lists and the "*" character to create bulleted lists when necessary. We also try to separate major topics within articles with two line spaces while statements of related facts in a topic are separated by a single line space when needed.
View enough or the articles and I'm sure you'll get the feel for the formatting.
Here's a couple of links that you might find handy for help with wiki formatting:
Finally, before saving your work, please give a brief summary of what you've added or changed in the summary field at the bottom of the page. It will help us greatly in tracking changes.
When you've finished your edit, hit the save page or show preview buttons to check out your work.
Adding Pages
You may find that the content you want to add hasn't been covered by an existing page. In that case you're going to need to do the following:
- First use the Search box at the top left corner of the wiki to search for the page name you want to create. The search will return any page or hits on your search term. It will also give you an option to create the page if it doesn't already exist. If you still want to make a new page, go ahead and click on the "create a page" link.
- An edit box will now pop up with preloaded text. Use this format for the base of your new page. If this format doesn't fit the idea of what you have in mind for the new page, you should probably contact us at this point.
- You'll notice at the top of your new page some preloaded text that starts with meta name. This is stuff to make the page easier for search engines to deal with. Please fill in the xxxxxxx spaces with the name of your new page.
- Below the Meta data, you should put a introductory sentence or two describing what the topic of your page is about.
- Add your content now!
- When finished with your new page, please contact us so we can add it to the appropriate menu page (which are protected from non-admins from editing).