WTH:Usage
What the Hashtag?! actively creates new pages based on trending Twitter hashtags, but its up to you to explain what they mean.
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The Structure of a Hashtag Page
New pages created on WTH?! follow a basic template, listing the time of discovery (or time of creation if added by a user), a section for the hashtag to be described, a place where similar or related hashtags can be linked, a list for external links relating to a hashtag and finally, the latest tweets and TwitPics tagged with the hashtag in question.
Description
This is the most important part of WTH?! and the reason it exists. People see trending hashtags or topics being used by those they follow, but there's hardly ever a clear, central definition for what it means. Fill in the details about what the hashtag stands for here.
Related Hashtags
If there are similar or directly related hashtags, those links will go here. Pages for hashtag variations may only have a small amount of information, then a link to the main hashtag page.
External Links
If a hashtag was created or has been claimed by a company, organization, group or individual, there may be an official website or external web property that needs to be included in the hashtag page. It it can provide additional, helpful information regarding a hashtag, include it.
Tweets
These are the source of all of the confusion, but also what drives things to trend in the first place. WTH?! will pull down the last ten tweets using the specified hashtag and include them here. Twitter avatars link out to full profiles and timestamps will link directly to said tweets.
TwitPics
Though slightly harder to track than tweets, the TwitPics for a hashtag are determined by TwitPic's own tagging system. WTH?! looks at the keywords a picture has been tagged with and assumes that tags matching a Twitter hashtag should belong together.
Modifying Wiki Content
Editing a Hashtag Page
To edit information relating to an existing hashtag, simply click the Edit tab at the top of the hashtag page.
Adding a New Hashtag Page
If your hashtag isn't listed in our database, you can proactively add it to the system so that others can learn more about it. Replace the word myhash in the URL string below with your desired hashtag and then click the "Edit this Page" link when it says the entry does not exist.
http://wthashtag.com/myhash
Wiki Formatting
Though similar to HTML formatting, wikis have their own simplified markup language. MediaWiki has great info about formatting content on a wiki page.