Help:Glossary

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This page explains how to add new entries to the English-language Glossary page. Glossary entries will be used to show pop-up "tooltips" in pages, which allow people to view a glossary entry from any page that uses the term being defined.

Adding a new glossary entry[edit | edit source]

1) You can add a new glossary entry in the Visual Editor by inserting the template "Glossary entry". Be sure to specify any abbreviations or synonyms, including different spellings, capitalizations, or single/plural forms. The entry will look something like this:

biopsychosocial model
BPS
Biopsychosocial
biopsychosocial




BPS
Biopsychosocial model
Biopsychosocial model (BPS) - a school of thought, usually based in psychology, which claims illness and disease to be the result of the intermingling of biological, psychological and social causes.
  • Biopsychosocial model

(BPS) - a school of thought, usually based in psychology, which claims illness and disease to be the result of the intermingling of biological, psychological and social causes.

2) Insert a citation right after the glossary entry, to specify the source for this glossary definition. This is tricky, because the Visual Editor will force you to place the citation on the next line, but you can save it anyway, and fix it later in the Source Editor.
3) If there are any abbreviations or synonyms that should get their own glossary entry, you can add them by inserting the "Glossary see other entry" template. The entry will look something like this:

See also[edit | edit source]

Learn more[edit | edit source]

  • Lingo extension (which provides pop-up "tooltips" based on glossary entries)