CZ:Start article with subpages

Follow the following steps to create a new article, complete with subpages! For background, see Using the Subpages template.

Why this process? You can still simply start an article the old-fashioned way. But the Citizendium isn't just an encyclopedia project; it aims to become a general reference project. For that reason, we have "clusters" of pages all on the same topic. For an example, see New York City. The encyclopedia article is the main page, and other pages, like bibliographies and image galleries, belong on what we call "subpages." But in order to link the main page and the subpages together in a nice way, we need to create a bit of technical apparatus. In time, we will definitely automate this process. But for now, the forms below semi-automate it.

STEP 1. Create the metadata template.

(1) In the box above, replace ARTICLE_NAME with the new article name.
(2) On the page that appears, fill in the checklist part of the form; see this page for instructions.
(3) Save.

STEP 2. Create "approval" page.

(1) Replace ARTICLE_NAME with the name you used in Step 1, and press the button.
(2) Save (you'll see {{subpages9}} in the box--leave it there).

STEP 3. Create "unused" page.

(1) Replace ARTICLE_NAME with the name you used in Step 1, and press the button.
(2) Save (you'll see {{subpages9}} in the box--leave it there).

STEP 4. Start the article itself!

(1) Replace ARTICLE_NAME with the name you used in Step 1, and press the button.
(2) Start that article!