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==True Earth wiki cheat sheet==
=== Get help for building pages ===
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| Sometimes watching a video is easier to learn from || [[TrueEarth video Tutorial|Training videos]]
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| Can't work this thing? request a page to be built for you, or ask for help. || [[TrueEarth community support|Community support]]
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| Edit the community request page to add a list of ideas that you would like to see built.|| [[TrueEarth community requests|Community requests]]
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| telegram "true earth wiki discussion" group. Ask questions or get help there. || [https://web.telegram.org/a/#-1001964733615 True Earth wiki discussion Telegram]
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| Online Help on MediaWiki (e.g. navigation, editing, deleting pages, blocking users) || [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|Help Guide]]
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| Online help center On WikiTide. || [[meta:Special:MyLanguage/Help center|Help Center]]
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| Frequently asked questions On WikiTide. || [[meta:Special:MyLanguage/FAQ|WikiTide FAQ]]
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! Topic !! How To
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| Create New Page || To create a new page, follow the following two Steps:<br>
# In an appropriate area, Create a link to a page that doesn't exist. For example: <nowiki>[[Your Page]]</nowiki>
# Use the link to navigate to your new page, It will automatically put you into create page mode.
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| Get examples from other pages || Click Edit on another page to look how it was built. Click Cancel when finished.
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| When editing a page, make sure to "expand" the Advanced toolbar ||
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-advanced.png|link=]]
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! Topic !! Example
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| Spacing || To start text on another line, you can do any of the following: <br>
# Double space the lines (Press Enter twice).
# type the line break symbol "<nowiki><br></nowiki>"
# Use the Line break button on the wiki editor toolbar:<br>
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-lineBreak.png]]
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| Bold Text || <nowiki>'''Your text'''</nowiki> = '''Your text'''<br>
<small>Or highlight the text you want bold and use the Bold button from the wiki editor toolbar:</small><br>
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-bold.png|link=|Bold button]]
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| Italic Text || <nowiki>''Your text''</nowiki> = ''Your text''<br>
<small>Or highlight the text you want italic and use the Italic button from the wiki editor toolbar:</small><br>
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-italic.png|link=|Italic button]]
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| Superscript Text || <nowiki><sup>Your text</sup></nowiki> = <sup>Your text</sup><br>
<small>Or highlight the text you want in superscript and use the Superscript button from the wiki editor toolbar:</small><br>
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-superscript.png|link=|Superscript button]]
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| Numbered List || <nowiki># Numbered list item</nowiki> = 1. Numbered list item<br>
<small>Or click the bullet icon on the wiki editor toolbar:</small><br>
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-numbered.png|link=|Numbered List button]]
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| Bulleted List || <nowiki>* Bulleted list item</nowiki> = • Bulleted list item<br>
<small>Or click the bullet icon on the wiki editor toolbar:</small><br>
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-bullets.png|link=|Bullets button]]
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| Heading || <nowiki>== Heading text ==</nowiki><br>
<small>Use "Heading 2" from the Heading dropdown</small><br>
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-heading.png|link=|Heading menu]]
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| Subheading || <nowiki>=== Subheading text ===</nowiki><br>
<small>Use "Heading 3" from the Heading dropdown</small><br>
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-heading.png|link=|Heading menu]]
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| Block Quote || <nowiki><blockquote>Your Text here</blockquote></nowiki><br>A fancy way to show a quote somebody made, For Example:<br>
[[File:BlockQuoteExample.png|link=]]
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===Links===
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| Link to a page || <nowiki>[[Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki><br><nowiki>[[Folder/Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki><br>Example: <nowiki>[[Observations/Interferometry/Dayton Miller|Dayton Miller]]</nowiki>
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| Make a Image Link || <nowiki>[[File:ImageFile.png|40px|link=Page Name|Friendly Name]]</nowiki>
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| Make a PDF Link (no preview) || <nowiki>[[:File:PDFDocument.pdf|Friendly Name]]</nowiki>
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===Tables===
(You can use this example, but it's best to use the editor's built in Table creator icon)
[[File:WikiEditorToolbar-table.png|link=|Table button]]<br>
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! Topic !! Text
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| Start a Table || <nowiki>{| class="wikitable sortable"</nowiki>
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| Table Caption/Title || <nowiki>|+ Table Caption</nowiki>
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| Table Row || <nowiki>! Column 1 Header !! Column 2 Header !! Column 3 Header </nowiki>
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| Table Row separator || <nowiki>|-</nowiki><br>
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| Table Row || <nowiki>| Column 1 Text || Column 2 Text || Column 3 text</nowiki>
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| End the table || <nowiki>|}</nowiki>
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===References===
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| Inline Ref LinK || <nowiki><ref name=RefName></ref></nowiki><br>
<small>Put this inline with your text. It will appear as a [#] link and will automatically get a number. For example: [1]</small>
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| Start of References Section || <nowiki><references></nowiki><br>
<small>Put this section at the bottom of your article.</small>
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| References || <nowiki><ref name="RefName">Reference Text or Link</ref></nowiki><br>
<small>Place these References inside the References Section (<nowiki><references></references></nowiki>)</small>
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| End of References Section || <nowiki></references></nowiki>
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| User Rights || https://trueearth.wikitide.org/wiki/Special:UserRights?user=
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=== Additional Resources===
Additional Resources to help you learn how to edit a wiki / ways to contact wikitide support for site trouble.<br>
'''Please, before you contact wikiTide, reach out to our own wiki contributor community first here: [[TrueEarth community support|Community support]]'''
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! Topic !! Link
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| Get help On Phorge. || [[phorge:|Phorge]]
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| Get help On IRC in #wikiforge on irc.libera.chat. || [irc://irc.libera.chat/%23wikiforge IRC]
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