Help:Editing

Usage

• The easiest way to find a knot/link is to type its name into the search box of the left sidebar and hit "Enter" or click "Go". Examples:

type in search box	get	full KnotTheory` notation	picture
8 17	the 17th 8-corssing knot in Rolfsen's table, $8_{17}$ or 8 17	Knot[8, 17]
k11a26	the 26th alternating 11-corssing knot in the Hoste-Thistlethwaite table, K11a26	Knot[11, Alternating, 26]

Local Editing Help

• Learn about how you can contribute.
• For help editing manual pages, see How to Edit this Manual....
• For help editing knot pages, see Modifying Knot Pages.
• Some Local Clip Art.
• Many of the important pages have been categorised, and you can browse these categories by starting at Category:Categories.

External Editing Help

• Pages on The Knot Atlas are can and are edited in a similar way to pages on Wikipedia. For details, see Wikipedia:How to edit a page.

Sysadmin Help

• If you need to move this wiki to another server, you'll probably appreciate the katlas installation notes.
• We should automate backup tasks, for now use these backup commands.