Help:Page Creation

To create a page, simply type in the title of the page in the appropriate box below and hit the "Create" button. But before you do that, please be very careful in choosing a title to your page. Please follow the ArmchairGM naming conventions described below when choosing a title.


 * Note: Search to see whether someone has written a similar page before you start one yourself. There is a small search box at the top left of the screen, marked Find, followed by Go and Search. Just type what you are looking for into the Find box and press the Enter key. Or, click Go / Search. Click here to see the difference between Go and Search.

Player Profile Page
Player Profile pages are simply titled by the player's name. For example, if you create a page for Joe Montana, it should simply be titled Joe Montana (please remember to capitalize the first letter of his first and last name). Before you create a player profile page, search to see whether one exists already by typing in the name of the player in the Find Box on the top left of the screen.
 * Note: Naming Conventions if there are Multiple People with Same Name

Using the proper naming convention described above, type in the title of your page in the box below and hit create. You will be provided with a suggested template to build the page where you can then insert information.
 * Note: If you are creating a page about a non-player, such as a coach, sportswriter, or team executive, many of the suggested subheadings in the template will be inapplicable.

News Articles
You may use any title you want for your News Article. Please try and be as specific as possible so that you dont choose the same title as an already existing page. Type in the title in the box below and hit the "Create News Article" button. If you are taken to a page with instructions, a text box with the words "insert the body of your news article below" and an empty box below it, you can begin writing. If you are taken to a text bow with lot of writing, well, someone already took the title you wanted. (Sorry!) If that's the case, you must go back and choose a new title.

When writing your article, see  Basic Editing Tips to learn about basic editing functions such as starting a new paragraph, using bold and italics, and making links. For more advanced functions, see  Advanced Editing.


 * Note: When writing your article, one important suggestion is to place all names and teams in double brackets. This will create a link to those pages. For example, typing:


 * The New York Yankees traded Derek Jeter to the Boston Red Sox
 * will appear as: The New York Yankees traded Derek Jeter to the Boston Red Sox.

Opinion Pages
Opinions are the next generation in blogging. They allow anyone to write an article about virtually any sports-related subject and publish it in a meaningful context. Click here to learn how to write an Opinion.

Game Recaps
Game Recaps should be titled using the following format:

Away Team at Home Team, Month D, YY.

Examples are:
 * Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees, April 4, 2004
 * Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets, February 14, 2005

Using the proper naming convention, type in the title of the game recap and hit create.

Creating a New Page by creating a link to it
You can start a new page by creating a link to the new page. Links to new pages are created by inserting New page name  into a page and saving it. For example, typing Jose Reyes  into a page and saving it, creates a link to a page titled Jose Reyes. Then, click on the link you just made. The page will open for editing.

If a page with that title has already been created, the link you created will be in blue color signifying there is already information within the page. You can then click on it and wou will be directed to the page where you can edit or add information.

If the page does not yet exist, the link will be in red color. Click on it and and you will be taken to the edit mode of the non-existing page where you can insert information and create the page.

However, please find an appropriate (related) page to insert the link. For example, if you want to create a player profile page, you can insert the link onto the player's team roster page. If you want to write an opinion page about a player, you can insert the link onto the player's player profile page. Also, please use the proper naming conventions described above when creating pages.

Categories
Add the page to an existing category/subcategory or create a new category/subcategory for that page. To add a page to a category, insert the link

to that page. For example, the category Category:NFL Players includes all NFL players, past and present. To add Michael Vick to this list, you would go to Michael Vick's page and insert the link

into it.


 * Note: Inserting into Michael Vick's page alphabetizes Michael Vick's page in Category:NFL Players under M (the title of the page). Inserting the additional "|Vick,Michael" alphabetizes him by last name. Thus, to alphabetize Michael Vick by his last name, you would insert   into his page.

For a list of all categories that have already been created, see Special:Categories.

To learn more about categories, click here.