Connect documentation

Adding new groups

Create the group

First, pick a name for your group. It should describe the purpose of the group or the common activity undertaken by members of the group. With that name in mind, create a page at Connect/X where X is the name of your group. Create the page with this content:

{{Connect group
| icon = 
| introduction = 
}}
[[Category:Connect groups|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]

For icon, pick an image to represent the group (without the "File:" prefix). For introduction, write a brief introduction for the group.

If you would like to link to the group's presence on other platforms such as an associated Facebook group, there are additional template parameters for creating nice prominent links. See Template:Connect group/doc for more details.

Leave the last line alone. This will assure your group is always properly sorted.

Once you create the page, create the talk page at Talk:Connect/X. Also click the "add yourself" button on the group page to add yourself as the first member. Make sure to use this boilerplate:

{{#invoke:Connect member list|{{{mode|full}}}
<!-- Edit BELOW this line -->
| {{Connect member | username = | introduction = | image = }}
<!-- Edit ABOVE this line -->
}}<noinclude>[[Category:Connect member lists|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>

Listing on the main Connect page

Once the pages are created, add yourself to Connect/Groups using this template:

{{Connect listing
| type = group
| name = 
| description = 
| icon = 
}}

type should be group
name should be the name of the group
icon is the icon used above
description is a slightly briefer description of the group compared to the one used above.

Adding individuals

Instead of, or in addition to, joining any of the individual groups, you can also list yourself on Connect as an individual. There two methods:

Go to your preferences and check in both "Wikimedia Resource Center" gadgets, go to the connect main page click the "+ Add new individual" button at the end of the page, fill all form fields of the popup. Beware to not add "File:" prefix before the picture you want to use.
If you are confortable with Lua code, just edit the the data module which contain the list of individual. Avoid this method if you are not sure to know how to create valide Lua code.

Technical documentation

The templates and Lua modules that make Connect possible are listed in Category:Connect templates and Category:Connect modules.