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 or 8_17	the 17th 8-crossing knot in Rolfsen's table, $8_{17}$ or 8 17	Knot[8, 17]
k11a26 or K11a26	the 26th alternating 11-crossing knot in the Hoste-Thistlethwaite table, K11a26	Knot[11, Alternating, 26]
k11n39 or K11n39	the 39th non-alternating 11-crossing knot in the Hoste-Thistlethwaite table, K11n39	Knot[11, NonAlternating, 39]
l9a26 or L9a26	the 26th alternating 9-crossing link in the Thistlethwaite table, L9a26	Link[9, Alternating, 26]
l10n39 or L10n39	the 39th non-alternating 10-crossing link in the Thistlethwaite table, L10n39	Link[10, NonAlternating, 39]
T(7,6)	the torus knot T(7,6)	TorusKnot[7, 6]

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 and WikiMedia:Help:Editing.

Sysadmin Help

• If you need to move this wiki to another server, you'll probably appreciate the katlas installation notes.
• Scott wrote some instructions on Creating a katlas mirror on a windows machine, in preparation for the 2005 Knots in Washington conference.
• We should automate backup tasks, for now use these backup commands.