Form:Add a page

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Add a page


Add a Source Text (Sutra or Commentary)

  1. Write the source text title in the field below. Make sure to use the exact article page name as the DRL.
  2. This will become a page name in the site! Be careful of spelling.


Add an Article, Essay, Interview, or Original Content

  1. Write the article title in the field below. If you are pulling metadata from the DRL, make sure to use the exact article page name as the DRL.
  2. This will become a page name in the site! Be careful of spelling.


Add a Book or Dissertation

  1. Write the title in the field below. Make sure to use the exact page name from the DRL.
  2. This will become a page name in the site. Be careful of spelling.


Add a Person

  1. Write the person name EXACTLY as it appears in the person pagename on the DRL in the field below.
  2. This will become a page name in the site. Be careful of spelling.
  3. Once you click create page...
    • You will get to an edit screen with only {{PersonCall}} inside of it.
    • JUST CLICK SAVE.
    • You don't have to do anything else. REDIRECT NOTE: If you wish to stop redirects from being created, please edit the local form and click the checkbox at the top to disable redirects for that page.
    • The metadata will be pulled from the DRL.


Add Audio, Video, or Other Multimedia

  1. Write the media title EXACTLY as it appears in the multimedia pagename on the DRL in the field below.
  2. This will become a page name in the site. Be careful of spelling.
  3. Once you click create page...
    • You will get to an edit screen with only {{Media}} inside of it.
    • JUST CLICK SAVE.
    • You don't have to do anything else.
    • The metadata will be pulled from the DRL.


Add a Bibliography

  1. Make sure to provide the full path to where you want the page located in the site, in other words, the FULL pagename. Ex:
    • Research/Secondary Sources/
    • Resources/Study Materials/
  2. Then append the page title.
  3. This will become a page name in the site. Be careful of spelling.


Add a Term

  1. The link below will take you to the form on Commons to add a new term.
  2. Upon saving, under the resulting term information table, you will see a link: Add to BuNay Wiki.
  3. Just click that link and then save to create the new term page on the Buddha-nature site.