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How-To instructions for editors
==Adding a New Article==

These instructions are obsolete. I need to update them. --[[User:WikiSysop|WikiSysop]] ([[User talk:WikiSysop|talk]]) 21:33, 12 September 2012 (EDT)

===Notes===
These instructions are for the basic target-and-commentary articles. I haven't yet worked out how to handle the standalones, though it shouldn't be too complicated.

The process can be simplified still further, but I have to do some experimenting first.

===New Instructions===
''Mostly written''
* [[PsyCrit:Create Target|Create Target]]: add a page for the target article, if it hasn't already been added
* [[PsyCrit:Add Response|Add Response]]: add the response
* Upload the response PDF and tag it with the appropriate categories (explanation to be written)

Note: [[:category:obsolete|Obsolete stuff]] to go back and delete as time permits
===Instructions===
# [[Special:Upload|Upload]] the commentary PDF (or otherwise add it to the wiki)
# Pick a "keyname" for the [[:Category:specs.target|target article]]. This name won't be visible to readers. I've been using ''Year-FirstAuthor'', e.g. '''2006-Rachlin'''.
# Create the specs page for the target article, which should be named '''Target:'''<u>keyname</u>, e.g. [[Target:2006-Rachlin]]
#* To create a new page, you can either:
#** edit the current address in your browser by replacing the current article's name with the title you want, then press the "edit" link when the blank article shows up, or 
#** type the exact title in the searchbox, press "Go", and then click on the "create this article" link.
# Enter the target article specs. This is in a very particular format; probably the best thing to do is [http://psycrit.com/index.php?title=Target:2006-Rachlin&action=edit edit an example target], copy the contents into your new page, and then change the details to be correct for your new target article.
# When you have saved the target article specs, the link to the commentary article (in the "response-list" section) should show up in red; you can click on this to create the page for the response specs. See [[Response:2006-Rachlin.1]] for an example to copy &ndash; or for an example with just a PDF, try [[Response:2006-Alvarado.1]].
# When you have saved the commentary specs, you're ready to start displaying the articles:
#* Create the page for the target abstract, named the same as the target's title. The content of this page is very simple, because a template generates it from the data you entered earlier: '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>format-target-abstract|<u>keyname</u><nowiki>}}</nowiki>'''. See [[Are Emotions Natural Kinds?]] for an example.
#* Edit [[Articles]] to add to the front page summaries. The format for each summary is '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>format-commentary-frontpage|Response:'''<u>keyname</u>.<u>n</u>'''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>''' where <u>n</u> is the number (almost always "1") of the response for the target named <u>keyname</u>.
#* Edit [[Target Articles]] to add the target article to the table of contents. The format for each listing is as simple as the target abstract page: '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>format-target-toc|<u>keyname</u><nowiki>}}</nowiki>'''

That should do it. Ultimately all the articles (targets and commentaries) should be in some sort of database, so you would essentially only have to do steps 2-4.