To create a new biography, simply complete the following steps:[]
- Scan the existing biographies in the empires biography categories to ensure the biography you want to create does not already exist.
Federation biographies
Klingon biographies
Romulan Biographies
Kzinti biographies
Gorn biographies
Tholian biographies
Orion Pirates biographies
Hydran biographies
Andromedan biographies
Lyran biographies
WYN biographies
Interstellar Concordium biographies
Lyran Democratic Republic biographies
Seltorian biographies
Jindarian biographies
Vudar biographies
Paravian biographies
Carnivon biographies
- If no biography currently exists for the individual, enter the subject's name in the input box. Note: For consistency, title all biography article names in a FirstName LastName format, with the begining letter of the FirstName and LastName being capitalized. Do not use prefixes such as Mr. or Mrs. or titles such as Dr. in the article title.
- Click on the Create New Biography button below the input box
- This will take you to the edit page for your new biography article with a template for the country pre-loaded.
- Fill in the infobox data to populate the infobox. If you do not have a picture of the subject, leave the portrait_unavailable file as the bio photo. If you do have a picture that you would like to upload, change the file name to the name of the subject. Remember to use the appropriate extension for the type of picture you have (ex: .jpg, .png, .gif, etc.)
- For the birth date field, follow the format already loaded on the template. After you have added the year, month, and day into the template be sure to remove the comment tags that surround the template (<!-- and -->). The birth date field should look like the example listed below when you are done. When you save the article, Intellipedia will list the individual's birthday and also calculate their age and display it in the infobox.
- | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|12|15}}
- Fill in the data in each section of the bio as appropriate.
- In order for the biography article to be filed in the correct categories, you will need to type in the subjects actual Last Name, First Name in both the sort name field of the infobox and after the country category below the infobox.
- Once you have completed your edits, select the appropriate classification and dissemination markings and click the show preview button at the bottom of the screen to view the page. If satisfied, click the Save page button.
- If you did change the photo file name, simply click the red link where the photo normally appears and you will be taken to an upload screen where you can load the photo.