How to create a library page

This is a tutorial for how to add materials to the library and use the library template that appears when adding pages to the library namespace. Some of the information in this guide applies to creating other types of pages, but for more general information on creating and editing pages check the user guide.

A good example of a complete library page is It's Alive: a vision for tall buildings in 2050. This page will be used as an example throughout this guide.

Before making a new article, make sure it's a good fit for the library. Here's what we're looking for:

• Foresight or futures focused materials - reports, books, and media. It should have some level of analysis and draw meaningful conclusions.
• It must be externally published. Materials that have not been published outside of Open Foresight Hub may be better suited in the futures namespace.
• It must be publicly available on the web. We won't index content that sits behind paywalls, registration forms, or is in any way behind a castle wall.
• We are NOT looking for blog posts, news articles, opinion pieces, or scan hits for the library.

If you aren't sure whether a particular material fits in the library, you can ask here. For further information on what belongs in Open Foresight Hub, check the General Notability Guidelines.

You should also make sure that the material has not already been indexed in the library. The easiest way to do this is to search for the report name in the search bar.

One way to create a new page is by entering the desired URL of your new page into your browser bar.

https://openforesighthub.org/doku.php?id=hub:library:your_page_title

For library pages, the page title should be the title of the material you are indexing, with special characters removed and spaces replaced with underscores. For example, here is the URL for It's Alive: a vision for tall buildings in 2050

https://openforesighthub.org/doku.php?id=library:its_alive_a_vision_for_tall_buildings_in_2050

When you navigate to the new page, you'll see a page that says “This page does not exist yet” Click “Create this page” on the right to begin editing.

Categories: Include all of the major categories in the report. Search for and use existing tags here. Add a new tag if topic not already identified. Wrap in tags. Detailed instructions can be found here.